A blustery Monday in early May had South Dakota State University’s crop performance trial team planting the first of this year’s corn.
Shawn Hawks, in the tractor, and Jesse Hall, in back, plant corn at an SDSU research station field north of Brookings May 2. Yields and other results will be released after harvest this fall, in an effort to help farmers choose which varieties to plant the following year.
Program manager Jesse Hall counts out corn to be planted in SDSU’s crop performance trials this spring. Several companies sent corn varieties to be part of the trials.
SDSU's seed trial program plants corn in a field north of Brookings, S.D., May 2.
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A seed marker is placed by the first corn seed in the row.
Jesse Hall looks over boxes of seeds packaged for this year's trial. This group is enough to cover a 2-acre plot.
Raised in small town South Dakota, Janelle is enjoying her time as editor of Tri-State Neighbor and Midwest Messenger while raising kids, chickens and no till vegetables in central Sioux Falls. Reach her at janelle.atyeo@lee.net.
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