Page 18—Corn Talk, Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 24,1998 1997 Pa. Commercial Hybrid Test Reports pennState Pennsylvania Commercial Hybrid Corn Tests Report College of Agricultural Sciences Cooperative Extension Late season hybrids (Maturity Zone 4) 1997 results Taoie ’ Laie season hybrid performances iMatunty Zone Ji Combined Penn State Commercial Advanced Entries (average of five locations) Data under .ocation Means indicate counties vhere /aiues were obtained inAND HYBRID AGRiPRO AP9616 OOEaLERS'3'XP OOEBLcRS “46XY AGWAY AG767 CHEMGRO 7343 CARGtLL 7997 MID ATLANTiC 9141 PIONEER 3140 DOE3LER S 82XP AGRiPRO AP9707 URRA TR1157 DOEBLER S 75X2 t-RPA TRt to? MIC ATLANTIC 9171 LHEMGRO "96 OYNAGRO UAPXISOS7 MYCOGEN 8460 DEKALB 0K663 MEANS LSD l OS) LOCATION MEANS Id'* ..aster L »n gn 9e ks Lancaster 'atie 2 Late season hybrid performances iMatunty Zone 4) Combined Penn State C ccatrcnst Cata under Location Means ndicate '’cuniies wTero values were obtained BRAND HYBRID DOEBLER S 746XY EAS’LAND E"'4B CARGILL "997 NC* 6387 AGWAY AG795 NORTHRUP KING 6216 X CHEMGRO 7596 PIONEER 32K61 PIONEER 3MO OYNAGRO 5570 CARGILL 8311 EASTLAND E 774 MVCOGEN 3460 NC- 7237 CHEMGRO '757 DOEBLER S BS9XV HUBNER H3615X CHEMGRO 7796 OYNAGRO 5562 GARSTB22O MEANS ISO < OS) LOCATION MEANS Lancaster Lehigh Franklin Berks Lancaster (Continued from Pago 17) ADVANCED ENTRIES *.H,O BUiA PERCENT OF CHECK GRAIN CRAIN ERECT RATING YIELD ERECI 25 1 25 3 25 7 26 2 26 2 NEW ENTRIES FNT OF CHECK 103 j 104 I 1053 1056 105 6 106 1 10’0 94 4 96 1 98 9 99 8 96 4 imercial New Entries (average ol five -.H,0 BU/A *• 6LS GRAIN CRAIN ERECT RATING 95 6 97 5 981 99 0 94 2 169 9 16*7 176 8 221 4 200 4 Table 3. Long-season hybrids mean performance, 1996-97 (Maturity Zone 4), BRAND-HYBRID CARGILL 7997 DOEBLERS 737XP CHEMGRO 7343 AGRIPRO AP9616 DOEBLERS 746XY PIONEER 3140 AGRIPRO AP9707 DOEBLERS 75X2 TERRA TR1167 DOEBLERS 82XP DYNAGRO UAPXISOS7 CHEMGRO 7796 MYCOGEN 8460 DEKALB DK6B3 MID ATLANTIC 9171 TERRA TR1157 MEANS Table 4 Silage performances of long-season hybrids (Maturity Zone 4) YIELD (T/A) %H 2 0 DRY MAT YIELD (T/A) %H 2 0 DRY BRAND-HYBRID 65% H 2 O PLANT PLANT (T/A) BRAND-HYBRID 65% H 2 O PLANT PLAN! DOEBLER’S 737XP AGRIPRO AP9572 DEKALB DK642 CARGILL 8311 EASTLAND E 774 EASTLAND EB6B PIONEER 3173 PIONEER 3335 CARGILL 8511FQ Maximizer Technology 1 MAX 496 with KnockOuf™ built-in corn borer control yielded an average of 185.2 bu./ac. on 476 acres spread over 4 farms at Jaindl Turkey Farms in Lehigh County, PA Wencrest Farms reported yields of 185 bu/ac. on their farm in Lebanon County, PA e Hoffman Seeds, Inc. 167 Greenfield Road P.O. Box 12400 Lancaster, PA 17605-2400 Trusted Value. New Ideas http//www.hoffmanseeds.com TWO-YEAR AVERAGE PERFORMANCE MAX 496 For consistent high yields, it’s hard to beat Maximizer Technology™ hybrids from Novartis Seeds, Inc. To learn more about MAX 496 and other Maximizer Technology™ hybrids, Cali your Hoffman Seeds dealer or call Hoffman Seeds @ 1-800-776-7929 PERCENT-OF-CHECKS %H,O BU/A % H,O YIELD ERECT GRAIN GRAIN ERECT 99 3 103.4 100.9 SILAGE ENTRIES DOEBLER'S 858XMOD MID ATLANTIC 9200 MID ATLANTIC 9171 MID ATLANTIC 9181 DEKALB DK6B7 DOEBLER’S 82XP CARGILL X 8504 MEANS LSD (.05) 96.8 189.4 26.4 68.2 3.6 22.1 3.8
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