Introduction - Welcome to the Corn Variety Testing, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences.
The University of Kentucky Corn Variety Testing Program evaluates Hybrid corn varieties that are commercially available or may soon be available to farmers. Annual variety performance testing provide farmers, seed producers, extension agents and consultants with current, unbiased information to help them select the varieties best adapted to their locality and individual requirements.
Twenty-four corn variety tests are conducted at six locations throughout the state under No-Till or minimum tillage.
Contact
Cam Kenimer
University of Kentucky
Department of Agronomy
Lab 1O - Seedhouse
Lexington, KY 40546-0091
Lab 859-257-1874
E-mail ckenimer@uky.edu
2013 Corn Variety Testing Forms and Instructions
Download the test request form file below and complete. Download the form instructions file for help completing the request form. Email completed form to William Pearce wpearce@uky.edu.
Corn Variety Trials - Current and Archives
2012 Corn Variety Trial Data
2012 Kentucky Hybrid Corn Performance Test Report (pdf)
- Ohio Valley Region (Daviess County) Early, Medium, Late and White Hybrid Results (xls)
- North Central Region (LaRue Co.) Late and White Hybrid Results (xls)
- Southern Tier Results (Todd Co.) Early, Medium, Late and White Hybrid Results (xls)
- Across Location Summary (xls)
Drought and high temperatures adversely affected many regions of the state during the 2012 corn growing season. The Princeton tests were severely affected and not harvested. The Lexington and Graves Co. tests were harvested, but due to high variability the results were not published; likewise the LaRue Co. Early and Medium Hybrid results were not published.
2011 Corn Variety Trial Data
- 2011 KY Hybrid Corn Performance Test (complete results PDF)
- Individual Tables (links to support files - Excel format except where noted)
TBlist (doc) | T1 (doc) ( xls) | T2 | T3 (doc) | T3E-1YR | T3E-2YR | T3E-3YR | T4M-1YR | T4M-2YR | T4M-3YR |
T5L-1YR | T5L-2YR | T6W-1YR | T6W-2YR | T6W-3YR | T7E | T7L | T7M | T7W | T8E | T8L | T8M | T8W |
T9E | T9L | T9M | T9W | T10E | T10L | T10M | T10W | T11E | T11L | T11M | T11W | T12E | T12L | T12M |
Archives
- 2010 KY Hybrid Corn Performance Test (complete results PDF) (list of Excel format files)
- 2009 KY Hybrid Corn Performance Test (complete results PDF) (list of Excel format files)
- 2008 KY Hybrid Corn Performance Test (complete results PDF) (list of Excel format files)
- 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003
- 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998