Extension Communications Extension 4-H Youth Building Ames, Iowa 50011-3630 (515) 294-9915

11/17/04

Contacts:
Del Koch, Iowa Crop Improvement Association, (515) 294-4166
Crystal Ostrem, Iowa Crop Improvement Association, (515) 294-6921
Jean McGuire, Continuing Education and Communication Services, (515)-294-7033, jmcguire@iastate.edu

Preliminary 2004 Soybean Performance Test Results Available

AMES, Iowa - To give farmers more research-based information to make decisions for the 2005 crop year, preliminary results of the 2004 Iowa Crop Performance Test for soybeans are now available on the Web. The information is available on the Iowa Crop Improvement Association (ICIA) Web site at: http://www.agron.iastate.edu/icia/.

This preliminary data is subject to change. The final test results will be published in the December issue of the Iowa Soybean Review and Dec.11 issue of Iowa Farmer Today. Starting Dec. 6 copies of the results also may be requested through the Iowa Crop Improvement Association at (515) 294-6921 or the Iowa State University (ISU) Extension Distribution Center at (515) 294-5247.

The trials include performance data on yield, maturity, height, lodging, emergence, iron deficiency chlorosis reaction, Phytophthora race resistance and field tolerance, brown stem rot resistance, soybean cyst nematode (SCN resistance), protein content and oil content.

ICIA conducts the Iowa Crop Performance Tests in cooperation with the Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station at Iowa State University and ISU Extension. The program offers unbiased, third-party information to Iowa growers of commercial seed. ICIA provides performance information on hybrids and varieties for alfalfa, barley, corn, oat, soybean, triticale and wheat.

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