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2011 Data
Disclaimer: Hybrids were tested in three performance regions as noted below. Also, an evaluation of early hybrids in our South Central locations was conducted this year and labeled as the Early Medium Maturity Hybrids in South Central PA test. Unfortunately the series of unusual weather events this year have severely impacted our program. In the very early and early testing locations, all three of the sites needed to be abandoned: one because of emergence issues in the wet spring, and two because of flood damage in September. We were able to salvage our backup site at Rock Springs, but this was planted late and experienced some drought stress. In our medium maturity tests, one was destroyed by crow damage, and a second site was lost due to a planter error. We were able to use our Rock Springs backup site and one site from Blair County. In the mid and late maturity zone, all sites needed to be abandoned. The Franklin and Perry sites experienced severe drought stress. The Lancaster site had uneven emergence due to the wet spring. The backup site at the Landisville research farm was blown over by Tropical Storm Lee a few days before harvest. For the Early Medium Maturity test in south central PA, we were able to utilize the test at the Lancaster site but had to abandon the site in Franklin County due to the severe drought there. Unfortunately, our performance data this year will be very limited due to these issues.
2011 - G1 (excel file)
2011 - G2 (excel file)
2011 - G2SC (excel file)
PSU Corn and Soybeans
Our Purpose
At the heart of the Professional Dairy Managers
of Pennsylvania, Research and Development (R&D) is serving
our dairy producer members. We are looking to fill unique
voids in the R&D community in Pennsylvania today by undertaking
projects that are immediately useful to our producer members
and currently not adequately addressed by industry or the
university community.
Our Goals
The Corn Silage Hybrid Project has a two-fold
objective:
- Short Term: Provide reliable, third-party
silage hybrid research and do so in a customizable format
so that producers can determine the best hybrids for their
operations according to the unique characteristics that
are important to their situations and objectives.
- Long Term: Influence the decisions of seed
companies all the way back to the chain of influence,
to the plant breeding decision makers, so that developing
highly digestible true forage hybrids become a priority
of the commercial seed industry.
Our Structure
Research & Development is one of the committees within the PDMP organizational structure. The Corn Silage Hybrid Project is a sub-committee of the larger R&D committee. The current chairs are:
Corn Silage Project Leader
Gary Kline
Y Run Farms, LLC
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Our Partners
Our great success in this project is due largely
to a unique collaborative partnership that PDMP has created.
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PDMP is the initiator and lead
collaborator of the Corn Silage Hybrid Project, an effort
to serve our producer members consistent with the purpose
of PDMP. |
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PSU Crop & Soil Sciences, under the
leadership of Greg Roth, has been contracted by PDMP
to handle the extensive logistics of planting, maintaining
and harvesting the numerous test
plots. We owe a great deal of gratitude to the support
and expertise of Greg and his team. |
We would also like to express our appreciation
to the PDMP members and project collaborators who provided
test plots for these trials.
Blair County:
Bill England
Weeping-Hollow Farms
Phil & Larry Kulp
Kulp Family Dairy
Bradford County
Gary Kline
Y Run Farms, LLC
Jeff Morse
Morse Farms
Centre County
Dan Ulmer
Guided-Path Farm
Scott Harkcom (back up)
Rock Springs |
Franklin County :
Clint Burkholder
Clint & Kara Burkholder
Lancaster County:
Donald Risser
Meadow Vista Farms
Alyssa Collins (back up)
Perry County:
Logan Bower
Pleasant View Farms
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Our Success
The only producer driven Corn Silage Hybrid Testing Project in the area. |
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2002
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2003
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2004
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2005
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2006
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2007 |
2008 |
2009
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2010 |
| Hybrids |
40
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63
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75
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101
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149
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124 |
131 |
124
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125 |
| Seed Brands |
12
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18
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18
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21
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22
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20 |
22 |
18
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16 |
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Our Future
We are looking forward to expanding our Corn Silage Hybrid project, as well as pursuing additional future projects to benefit our dairy producer members. The Corn Silage Hybrid project is establishing an Advisory Committee comprised of seed companies, nutritionists and producers. The Advisory Committee will be structured to review the current program, identify areas of concern, and make recommendations to the Corn Silage Committee.
Participating Seed Companies
15 Seed Companies participating with 138 hybrids in 2011
Chemgro Seeds
ChannelBio, LLC
Croplan/Winfield Solutions
Dairyland Seed Co., Inc.
Dekalb
Dyna-Gro
Doeblers, Inc.
Growmark
FS
Hubner Seed
King’s Agriseed
LICA
Mid-Atlantic Seeds, Inc.
Pioneer Hi-Bred Int’l
Syngenta Seeds
T.A. Seeds
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