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2017 Kansas Performance Tests with Corn Hybrids Report Now Online

The 2017 Kansas Performance Tests with Corn Hybrids report is now online. In this report, you will find a recap of the 2016-17 corn crop, with a detailed discussion summarizing the statewide growing conditions and impacts from diseases and insects. More importantly, the results of the 2017 corn hybrid performance tests are also shown. Corn performance tests are conducted each year by the Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station.
 
Producers and crop consultants can use this resource to help select corn hybrids for their operation by checking for varieties that show a consistently good performance in their region.
 
The online version of the corn hybrid performance test results can be found at: https://www.bookstore.ksre.ksu.edu/pubs/SRP1136.pdf.
 
 

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