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Updated: November 25, 2024

November 2024  | Volume 15, Issue 8

2024 Corn and Soybean Variety Trials Results Are In!

Nicole Fiorellino, Assistant Professor & Extension Agronomist, University of Maryland, College Park

With the dry conditions this year, the Agronomy program has progressed through harvest rapidly and both the corn and soybean variety trials results are available for download online at https://psla.umd.edu/extension/md-crops/ or click the links below. The fee-based performance trials are critical to provide Maryland farmers with unbiased yield performance data across the broad geographic diversity of Maryland. The relative yield tables in both of these reports are extremely valuable for farmers to select varieties that perform well across the state. The varieties with relative yield greater than 100, meaning above the average yield at that location, across all the test locations are highlighted in these tables and would be considered resilient varieties that are likely to yield well in different conditions. For more information on interpreting variety trials results, see the UMD Factsheet authored by Andy Kness and Nicole Fiorellino at this link https://go.umd.edu/interpretingtrials. We are grateful for the continued funding provided by Maryland Grain Producers Utilization Board and Maryland Soybean Board for these variety trials. 

Corn Trials  Soybean Trials

 

Events

Event: Mid-Atlantic Grazing Conference
Date: December 16-18, 2024
Location: Washington County Ag Center MD (In-person and virtual options)
Description: Featuring keynote speaker BurkeTecichert, farm tours, and more!
Registration: https://go.umd.edu/midatlanticgrazing

Scholarships

2024 Mid-Atlantic Certified Crop Advisors Scholarship
Key details:

  • Eligibility Criteria: High school seniors and undergraduate students interested in agriculture, with preference given to agronomy, plant science, or crop science are encouraged to apply. 
  • Email applications form by January 31, 2025.

For more information go to www.MidAtlanticCCA.org

Download Agronomy News, November 2024, Vol. 15, Issue 8 (pdf)

Agronomy News is a statewide newsletter for farmers, consultants, researchers, and educators interested in grain and row crop forage production systems. This newsletter is published by the University of Maryland Extension, Agriculture & Food Systems Agronomy Team every month during the growing season and will include topics pertinent to agronomic crop production. The subscription is free. 

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