Colo, IA | 2 Steigers - 9/3/2010 00:16
Wow I'm not alone I feel so much better---not really. Put it on one of my best fields and it came in 10-20 bu. less than everything else that was compareable. Big M needs to realize that if your gonna say you are better than everyone else than you better back it up. I have seen something like this before this may be the first sign of the end of Dekalb's dominince in seed corn. Maybe another Pioneer story.
Everyone has said all along traits protect the yield potential. If the trait is put into a product that does not have a good year, it does not matter how good the traits are. I have 90 acres of 61-22, 50 acres of 61-21 and 30 acres of 61-19 and have 61-19 and 61-21 side by side in my plot. I am curious to see how the different versions do, but if they all suck, it may well mean it was just a bad year for that variety. It happens. Odds are if people planted a bunch of 61-19 they would be just as disappointed but it seems people seem to think every SS variety will be 20 bushels better than anything that does not have SS. That will just not be the case obviously.
Every year, some varieties will just be better than others. Might just be a really poor year for the 61-22 family. |
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