Corn yields sink in FIRST plot reports

Tim Kenyon
Nov 20, 2025
Nov 20, 2025

Disease pressure and dryness showed in FIRST corn yields in 2025.
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Disease pressure for Iowa corn showed up as a huge decline in average yields in the annual Farmers Independent Research of Seed Technologies (FIRST) reports.

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