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Missouri hybrid tests show good corn yields this year

Benjamin Herrold
Dec 1, 2017
Dec 1, 2017 Updated Dec 15, 2017

MU research corn test plot harvest — A University of Missouri researcher harvests a corn test plot near Canton in northeastern Missouri.
Photo by Benjamin Herrold

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Generally good growing conditions led to good yields for the University of Missouri corn hybrid trials. There was some variation, like usual, but overall the testing showed what the hybrids could do in agreeable weather.

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