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NC Indiana | I always liked the multi yr trials a Purdue - especially the NW as they have sandier soils. I tend to favor those hybrids that do well over multi yrs on sandy sites, bc if it works on sand it should shine on most anything else I plant across. The one draw back to that is those hybrids on good dirt tend to be 14-16 ft tall w/ ears head high and a few points wetter. Hard to get around it though bc I cross sand 80% of my passes and changing row directions would create other challenges (shorter rounds, more point rows, erosion). I also try to split the planter w/ different parent lines and or different maturities as seed weights allow (White Planter). The Hx traits also seem to work better than Monsanto's traits (weigh wagon sampling and split fields). I would prefer not to use these traits, but it seem the added plant health does offset the extra cost, and I have one area of the farm were the refuge corn damage has been as much as 2/3's.
I thought maybe someone would offer something up that I've missed when I read this post.
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Hybrid placement is key!
