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pennState
Pennsylvania
Commercial Hybrid
Corn Tests Report
Table 1 Early medium-season hybrid performances (Matunty Zone 2) Combined Penn State Commercial Advanced Entries
(average of five locations) Data under Location Means indicate counties where values were obtained
BRAND-HYBRID
MUNCY CHIEF ESXS6O
DEKALB DK524
DEKALB DKS6O
NORTHROP KING N 4545
DOEBLER’S 57XPA
NORTHROP KING N 5220
CARGILL 6269
PIONEER 3525
HY PERFORMER HY9424
PIONEER 3527
CARGILL 6677
DOEBLER'S 64XP
AGWAY AG 578
HYTEST HTSI2
MYCOGEN AG5660
DOEBLER’S 62XP
ASGROW RX7O7
FUNK’S G-4394
NORTHROP KING N 6622
DOEBLER'S 66XP
DEKALB DKSBB
NORTHRUP KING N 5901
AGWAY AG 626
NC+ 4616
MUNCY CHIEF XAS6O
FUNK’S G-4494
EASTLAND ES99
ANDERSONS PSX4OS
WETSEL PXIOB
GREENLAND GL223
MEANS
LSD ( 05)
LOCATION MEANS
Centre
Lycoming
Columbia
Mercer
Clinton
Table 2 medium season hyena pertormance (Maturity Zone 2) Combined Penn State Commercial New Entries (average ol
five locations) Data under Location Means indicate counties where values were obtained
BRAND HYBRID
ICI 8751
GOLDEN HARVEST EX7O2
DOEBLER S 52XP
GOLDEN HARVEST H 2331
GOLDEN HARVEST H 2390
STINE 1033
DEKALB DK527
DEKALB DKS6O
STINE 993
DYNAGRO 5245
HV PERFORMER HY9385
GRIES GSF4IOO
DYNAGRO 5248
GOLDEN HARVEST H 2485
NC+ 3604
NORTHROP KING N 4545
PIONEER 3769
DOEBLER S 585XP
AGWAY EXPS4I
CARGILL 5677
CHEMQRO 5995
TERRA TRIO3I
ASGROW RX623
HY PERFORMER HY9475
TERRA TRIO7O
FUNK’S G*4394
EXPERIMENTAL
MYCOGEN 6690
WETSEL SlOO
CHEMGRO 6695
OOEBLER'S 62XP
PIONEER 3525
MYCOGEN 6440
CARGILL 6303
CARGILL 6327
NC+ 4521
MYCOGEN 6220
BEACHLEY HARDY 8H4644
GREENLAND GL226
DOEBLER S6O6XP
EASTLAND E 599
CHEMGRO 6795
MEANS
LSD ( 05)
LOCATION MEANS
Centre
Lycoming
Columbia
Mercer
Clinton
. NASHVILLE,
Tenn.—Agricultural trade with
Mexico is setting records,
thanks to the free-trade provi
sions of the North American
Free Trade Agreement (NAF
TA), and com producers have
been a major beneficiary, far
mers were told during a session
at the National Com Growers
Association’s (NCGA) 1995
Com Classic.
(Continued from Pago 21)
ADVANCED ENTRIES
PERCEWT-OF-CHECK
ERECT
YIELD
99 2
97 4
99 4
101 0
99 4
NEW ENTRIES
98 0
94 3
94 7
100 0
1006
91 2
95 2
89 2
133 8
90 1
PERCENT-OF-CHECK
ERECT
YIELD
104 6
28
93 8
87 5
80 2
132 4
90 5
92 5
1120
74 3
97 5
1094
99 6
109 7
99 5
100 3
1138
NAFTA Success Silences Critics
Government, agribusiness,
and NCGA representatives
praised the early performance
of the innovative agreement,
during a breakout session
entitled “How Is NAFTA
Impacting You?” which fea
tured Stephen P. Dees, director
general, Farmland Industries:
Ken Roberts, assistant-deputy
administrator of USDA’s Fore
ign Agricultural Service: and
College of Agricultural Sciences
Cooperative Extension
Early medium-season hybrids
(Maturity Zone 2) 1994 results
LEAF
%HjG lU/A % DISEASE
GRAIN GRAIN ERECT RATING
162 9
85
24 5
25 6
24 0
36 0
24 2
97 7
95 9
97 9
99 5
97 9
163 7
1575
158 2
167 0
168 0
LEAF
•/ o H ? 0 BU/A • % DISEASE
GRAIN GRAIN ERECT RATING
153 5
109
148 1
159 1
146 9
156 2
155 3
24 0
21 9
22 3
33 9
22 6
98 2
94 0
96 2
98 7
97 5
Table 3 Early-medium Mason hybrids mean performance. 1993-1994
(Maturity Zone 2)
KRAND-MYIRID
MUNCY CHIEF ESXS6O 92 0
GOBBLER'S 57XPA 94.0
DEKALB DK524 94.4
NORTHRUP KING N 4545 96 4
NORTHRUP KING NS22O 97 6
PIONEER 3525 98 0
DEKALB DKSBO 96 6
AQWAY AGS7B 96.6
FUNK’S 0-4394 99.2
PIONEER 3527 99 2
MYCOQEN A 05660 1004
DOEBLER’S 62XP 100 8
NORTHRUP KING N 5901 101.6
CARGILL 6269 102.0
DOEBLER'S 64XP 103.2
CARGILL 6677 103 6
ASGROW RX7O7 103 6
HYTESTHTSI2 104 0
GOBBLER’S 66XP 104 0
EASTLAND ES99 104 6
NC+ 4616 105.6
AGWAY AG626 106 8
GREENLAND QL223 107 6
WETSELPXIO6 107.6
MUNCY CHIEF XAS6O 108 6
ANDERSONS PSX4OS 112 0
MEANS
ISO (.OS)
Late Medium-season hybrids
(Maturity Zone 3) 1994 results
Table 1 Late medium-season hybrid performances (Maturity Zone 3) Combined Penn State Commercial Advanced Entries (average
of four locations) Data under Location Means indicate counties where values were obtained
BRAND-HYIRID
MUNCY CHIEF XAS6O
HUBNER H 3107
DOEBLER’S 73XP
PIONEER 3394
HUBNER H 3213
FUNK’S G-4543
EASTLAND E 799
AGWAY AG 723
GREENLAND GL262
DEKALB DK623
WETSEL PXIIO
HUBNER H3lll
DOEBLER'S 66XP
PIONEER 3295
NORTHRUP KING N 6022
HUBNER H 3405
FUNK’S G-4473
NC+ 6485
HY PERFORMER HY9610
MYCOQEN 7660
TERRA TRIIOI
WETSEL PXIIS
GOBBLER’S 7SX
DOEBLER’S 69XP
AGWAY AQ 797
DEKALB DK646
CARGILL 6127
PIONEER 3293
ASQROW RX775
FUNK’S G-4554
DEKALB 0K676
MYCOQEN 8240
CARGILL 7997
FUNK'S G-4564
DOEBLER'S 75X2
CARGILL 7897
MEANS
LSD (05)
LOCATION MEANS
Juniata
Lycoming
Lawrence
Clinton
Keith Heard, NCGA executive
vice president of government
and public affairs.
Farmland Industries made
an early commitment to the
Mexican market and began
expansion prior to the signing
of NAFTA, Dees said.
“It became obvious to us
that this market was going to
be too important to ignore even
without NAFTA, so we opened
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€®lM IPMI NIWO
TWO-YEAR AVERAGE PERFORMANCE
SNT-OF-CHECKS "AHiO SU/A %
HjO YIELD ERECT GRAIN GRAIN ERECT
101 7
40
PEBCENT-OF-CHECK
100 6
30
951
91 2
121 4
94 5
our Mexico office in 1993. In
our first year, our sales of grain
and soybeans grew from 350
million metric tons to more
than 1 million metric tons,”
Dees said.
Roberts of FAS concurred
that NAFTA has lived up to its
billing as a necessary agree
ment that would break down
barriers and act as a catalyst for
trade with our neighbor to the
PENNSYLVANIA MASTER CORN GROWERS ASSOC,, INC.
Table 4 Silage performance of earfy medium'
season hybrids (Maturity Zone 2)
YIELD %H 2 0 DRY MAT
BRAND-HYBRID (T/A) PLANT PLANT(T/A)
EASTLAND E 599
DEKALB DKSB6,
AGWAY AQ 626
AQWAV AQ 723
PIONEER 3525
WETSEL Sl2O
HY PERFORMER
HY9424
HYTEST HT525
COBBLER'S 75M0D2
PIONEER 3394
DOEBLER'S 73XP
CARGILL 7557
MEANS
LSD (.01)
1461
11 0
ADVANCED ENTRIES
LEAF
%H Z 0 BU/A % DISEASE
GRAIN GRAIN ERECT RATING
ERECT
YIELD
92 3
99 5
1133
94 3
97 6
1006
101 1
99 8
27 3
26 2
349
27 1
(Turn to Pago 27)
SILAGE ENTRIES
69 7 6 5
67.8 6 6
67.9 6 7
665 73
71 8 7 3
701 7 4
165
19.0
19.1
209
20.9
21 1
213
224
22.5
226
227
&2 6
62.6 7 5
65 6 7.8
70 8 7 9
66.1 7 9
660 79
67 4 6 0
682 74
29 1 5
187 9
11 5
173 6
187 3
2133
177 4
96 5
99 5
1000
98 7
south
“Mexico, once a market for
only 10 million bushels of
com, has imported 100 million
bushels of U.S. com since the
inception of NAFTA. Meat
exports have soared as well,
which is another key to keep
ing the com industry profit
able,” Heard said.