PR-851: 2024 Kentucky Soybean Variety Performance Trials

Dalton Mertz, Bill Bruening, Cam Kenimer, Phillip Shine | October 30, 2024 (New)

The Kentucky Soybean Variety Performance Trials are conducted to provide an unbiased and objective estimate of the relative performance of soybean varieties commercially available in Kentucky. Annual evaluation of soybean varieties provides farmers, seed producers, and other agricultural workers with current information to help them select the varieties best adapted to their locality and individual requirements.

PR-849: 2024 Kentucky Hybrid Corn Performance Test

Cam Kenimer, Phillip Shine, Dalton Mertz | October 23, 2024 (New)

The objective of the Kentucky Hybrid Corn Performance Test is to provide relative performance estimates of hybrid seed corn sold in Kentucky. The test attempts to treat every hybrid similarly in an unbiased manner. Agronomic practices that meet or exceed university guidelines are implemented at each location.

PR-850: Kentucky Corn Silage Hybrid Performance Report, 2024

Cam Kenimer, Phillip Shine, Dalton Mertz | October 15, 2024 (New)

The objective of the Silage Corn Hybrid Performance Test is to provide unbiased forage yield and quality data for corn hybrids commonly grown for silage in Kentucky.

PR-834: Kentucky Corn Silage Hybrid Performance Report, 2023

Cam Kenimer, Chad Lee, Dalton Mertz, Phillip Shine | December 6, 2023 (New)

The objective of the Silage Corn Hybrid Performance Test is to provide unbiased forage yield and quality data for corn hybrids commonly grown for silage in Kentucky.

PR-835: 2023 Kentucky Hybrid Corn Performance Test

Cam Kenimer, Chad Lee, Dalton Mertz, Phillip Shine | November 15, 2023 (New)

The objective of the Kentucky Hybrid Corn Performance Test is to provide relative performance estimates of hybrid seed corn sold in Kentucky. The test attempts to treat every hybrid similarly in an unbiased manner. Agronomic practices that meet or exceed university guidelines are implemented at each location.

PR-833: 2023 Kentucky Soybean Variety Performance Trials

Bill Bruening, Cam Kenimer, Dalton Mertz, Phillip Shine | October 31, 2023 (New)

The Kentucky Soybean Variety Performance Trials are conducted to provide an unbiased and objective estimate of the relative performance of soybean varieties commercially available in Kentucky. Annual evaluation of soybean varieties provides farmers, seed producers, and other agricultural workers with current information to help them select the varieties best adapted to their locality and individual requirements.

PR-831: 2023 Kentucky Small Grains Variety Performance Trial

Bill Bruening, Cam Kenimer, Dalton Mertz, Gene Olson, Phillip Shine, Dave Sanford | July 12, 2023 (New)

The objective of the Kentucky small grain variety performance trial is to evaluate varieties of wheat, oat, barley, triticale, and cereal rye that are commercially available or may soon be available to Kentucky farmers. New varieties continually are being developed by agricultural experiment stations and commercial firms. Annual evaluation of small grain varieties and selections provides farmers, seed producers, and other agricultural workers with current information to help them select the varieties best adapted to their locality and individual requirements.

ID-139: A Comprehensive Guide to Corn Management in Kentucky

Carl Bradley, J.D. Green, John Grove, Greg Halich, Erin Haramoto, Cam Kenimer, Carrie Knott, Chad Lee, Travis Legleiter, Sam McNeill, Michael Montross, Hanna Poffenbarger, Dan Quinn, Edwin Ritchey, Montse Salmeron, Jordan Shockley, Tim Stombaugh, Raul Villanueva, Ole Wendroth, Kiersten Wise | December 13, 2022 (Major Revision)

Corn is a summer annual crop that is grown widely across Kentucky, the United States, and around the world. In the United States, field corn is grown on about 85 million acres (34 million hectares) while sweet corn is grown on about 600,000 acres (240,000 hectares) and popcorn is grown on about 200,000 acres (81,000 hectares). Most of the field corn across the United States is yellow dent corn. In Kentucky, both yellow dent corn and white dent corn are grown. Corn acres in Kentucky peaked at 3.85 million in 1917 and have been around 1.2 to 1.5 million acres since the 1970s (USDA-NASS, 2020). Most corn in Kentucky today is grown in minimum tillage or no-tillage conditions. Most corn acres are rotated with soybean or wheat and double-crop soybeans.

PR-828: 2022 Kentucky Soybean Variety Performance Trials

Bill Bruening, Cam Kenimer, Dalton Mertz, Phillip Shine | November 21, 2022 (New)

The Kentucky Soybean Variety Performance Trials are conducted to provide an unbiased and objective estimate of the relative performance of soybean varieties commercially available in Kentucky. Annual evaluation of soybean varieties provides farmers, seed producers, and other agricultural workers with current information to help them select the varieties best adapted to their locality and individual requirements.

PR-814: Kentucky Corn Silage Hybrid Performance Report, 2022

Cam Kenimer, Chad Lee, Dalton Mertz, Phillip Shine, Kelsey Woodrum | November 17, 2022 (New)

The objective of the Silage Corn Hybrid Performance Test is to provide unbiased forage yield and quality data for corn hybrids commonly grown for silage in Kentucky.