Producers Blog

John Wheeting (DSM, Region 1 – South Dakota)

The 2013 harvest season is in full swing in Northern South Dakota.  All of us at Producers Hybrids are thinking about our ranching friends in the Western parts of the Dakotas.  The vicious storm last weekend left many of them with horrific death losses of livestock. We are thinking about everyone who has been affected by weather recently.

This year, typical growing conditions in South Dakota shifted. Amazing yields of 200 bu/ac dryland corn in Tripp County are being reported. Yields in my territory of North-Central South Dakota and Southern North Dakota are all over the board. Lack of rain in July and August really showed the inequalities of soil structure and how yields are affected. Yield monitors on soybeans jumped from 10 bu/ac in spots to 80 bu/ac, all in the same field. Overall field averages, although less than average years, were better than expected.

Producers Hybrids soybean line-up has once again provided very solid results.  Growers are reporting very good yields for the conditions they faced.  0800R2 customers are talking about the high-end yield potential of this soybean. I weighed a half-mile strip October 9 in Northern Brown County that came in at 64.8 bu/ac. I placed this soybean as far north as Jamestown and had good reports coming from up there as well.

Growers in Edmunds and Faulk counties continue to look at 1409R2 to be an industry leader in their areas. Many people have reported that while some competitor soybeans can hit the top end of yield on the monitor like 1409s, when placed on tough ground, 1409s are more consistent and provide solid field averages.

When you start making soybean seed decisions for 2014, look at Producers Hybrids. The same commitment to providing quality corn hybrids to our customers carries over to our soybean line-up as well.  Proven soybean varieties to fit all of our trade area and some new products have all of us at Producers Hybrids Ready 4 More!