Yield results on "Drought Resistant" corn????

[r3020]

Ken, 10 bushel is a big deal this year.

[no spin farmer]

Harvested a test plot Saturday. Yields ranged from 1 to 31bu/a. on half mile rows, most of the yield came from one or two little depressions in the field. We had an aquamax number in and it was about in the middle of the range. Aquamax still needs some water.

[jabber1]

Yep, AquaMax still needs some water. Aqua Max is not a cure all. The Aqua Max hybrid has to have all of the other characteristics that you need for your conditions.

In this area, one Aqua Max hybrid that was available for sale had good results both of the last two years and one has quite a bit of variability in yield results (meaning both good and bad) vs what it was planted next to.

Every year makes both seed folks and farm operators scratch their head (or other parts) as we wonder why we see some of the results that we see from location to location. This year and AquaMax corn results from some locations are no exception.

There is still no substitute for a broad base of yield and agronomic characteristic trials from locations near the farms that we farm.

[Ghost Ryder]

Out of 12 plots I've taken out with DroughtGard/Auqumax/Aquifer I've found that the drought gene corn hybrids do indeed store an amazing amount of water..... In the kernal. As in 15 points wetter and half the lbs in the wagon.

I'm taking out two more plots today, another tomorrow, and several next week. Maybe a drought gene corn will shine.

Auqumax and Auquifer are not transgenic traits. They came from conventional corn breeding. I'm not sure about DroughtGard, somebody said it came from algae, which explains why you can literally wash your hands with the grain when everything else is 15% moisture.

I am convinced that the way to deal with drought in corn involves playing defense. For starters we are talking about an intended 30-70 bu corn environment. Yields near or above 100 bu aren't drought.

[jabber1]

Out of 12 plots I've taken out with DroughtGard/Auqumax/Aquifer I've found that the drought gene corn hybrids do indeed store an amazing amount of water..... In the kernal. As in 15 points wetter and half the lbs in the wagon.

I'm taking out two more plots today, another tomorrow, and several next week. Maybe a drought gene corn will shine.

Auqumax and Auquifer are not transgenic traits. They came from conventional corn breeding. I'm not sure about DroughtGard, somebody said it came from algae, which explains why you can literally wash your hands with the grain when everything else is 15% moisture.

I am convinced that the way to deal with drought in corn involves playing defense. For starters we are talking about an intended 30-70 bu corn environment. Yields near or above 100 bu aren't drought.

Here fellas call the yields under 170 a poor year. Some hybrids that show excellent yield stability and protection down to 150 seem to fall out of favor in yield environments below 100. The timing of heat and drought vs growth stages of the plant in critical. Here most of the yield was lost at pollination due to both dry and HOT.

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Out of 12 plots I've taken out with DroughtGard/Auqumax/Aquifer I've found that the drought gene corn hybrids do indeed store an amazing amount of water..... In the kernal. As in 15 points wetter and half the lbs in the wagon.

I'm taking out two more plots today, another tomorrow, and several next week. Maybe a drought gene corn will shine.

Auqumax and Auquifer are not transgenic traits. They came from conventional corn breeding. I'm not sure about DroughtGard, somebody said it came from algae, which explains why you can literally wash your hands with the grain when everything else is 15% moisture.

I am convinced that the way to deal with drought in corn involves playing defense. For starters we are talking about an intended 30-70 bu corn environment. Yields near or above 100 bu aren't drought.

OBG: Dupont's Pioneer Aquamax and Syngenta's GH and Garst Artesian are conventional breeding. Dekalb's and Channel and all Big M ARE genetically engineered for the pores...stomato???...to constrict to reduce transpiration in a drought. ALL promote massive/deep ROOTS which are the key to drought resistance. For example...GH 9253 has been a work horse on IRR for years, but it has shallow roots. You could NEVER make this variety into a drought corn.