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AgUpdate | Corn sets FIRST record in dry year
In a year dominated by headlines of drought, some fields were setting records.
November 23T06:00:00, 2023
AgUpdate | FIRST Soybean tests show strong yields
Yield reports are in from fields across the Midwest and impacts of the ongoing drought are proving to be less than expected.
November 15T06:00:00, 2023
Farm News | Crop update: Incoming yields 'surprisingly high'
By late 2023 after we have had the fourth consecutive year in a row with very dry conditions where no one could predict how the season and crop size would turn out, at least Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota avoided any sizeable derechos.... As more of the crops were being harvested, it was interesting to watch for the results of the FIRST plot harvest results.
November 10T06:00:00, 2023
DTNPF | FIRST Corn Trials Surprise in Missouri
Despite enduring drought conditions for much of the growing season in Missouri, today's corn hybrids proved to be surprisingly resilient, according to the results of yield trials conducted by Farmers Independent Research of Seed Technologies (FIRST).
October 13T18:00:00, 2023
DTNPF | DTN, FIRST Partner in Field Data
DTN/Progressive Farmer and Farmers' Independent Research of Seed Technologies (FIRST) have teamed up to offer an in-field view of crop development around the Corn Belt. This project aims to produce time-lapse video of corn growth progress in FIRST plots in eight locations within five states.
July 7T06:00:00, 2023
SSGA | FIRST in its class: SSGA uses third-party field trials for assurance
When farmers plant – and end users buy – soybeans, they don’t want a mystery. They want to know exactly what they’re going to get. That’s where Farmers’ Independent Research of Seed Technologies (FIRST) comes in.
June 5T12:00:00, 2023
AgUpdate | Healthy corn crop limited by drought in some locations
While drought headlined the season in many Midwestern areas, that meant disease wasn’t nearly as prevalent around the region. When examining the Farmers’ Independent Research of Seed Technologies (FIRST) corn yield results in 2022, field managers said this was one of the better years they’ve seen in quite a while in terms of management and disease impact.
November 24T10:05:35, 2022
AgUpdate | Soybeans endure for good yields in 2022
Weather varied across the Midwest this year, and that was the theme for most soybean yields — variability. It wasn’t uncommon to hear stories of vastly different yields from fields only miles apart, and the same was true in this year’s Farmers’ Independent Research of Seed Technologies (FIRST) yield results.
November 17T10:16:53, 2022
DTN Progressive Farmer | FIRST Test Plot Hosts Sought for 2023
FIRST Test Plots Give Up-Close Look at How Latest Seed Offerings Perform on Your Farm
November 4T18:00:00, 2022
MN Farm Guide | FIRST managers report on 2022 field conditions before harvest
After a slow start to the 2022 planting season, Farmers Independent Research of Seed Technologies (FIRST) managers and farmer-members in Minnesota hope that frost holds off until October.
September 23T08:21:22, 2022