white food corn trial-2009
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Tested in 2009TRANSCRIPT
White Food Corn Trial Center Pivot Hereford, Texas Fall -‐ 2009 RainDrops
Summary
In the fall of 2009, Jim Hund, a farmer in Hereford Texas, conducted a field trial on white food corn using Watermax’s RainDrops formula. The trial was started
midseason. He found that RainDrops increased his yield by up to 7.5% even with a reduction of
irrigation of 6.7%. Goal: To test the effects of RainDrops on white food corn with a reduction of irrigated water. Process: This trial began mid season. The trial was conducted on a center pivot irrigation system over a 100-‐acre circle. The circle was divided into 4 quadrants, two of which were held constant as controls; these will be referred to as quadrants 1 & 2. The other two quadrants, 3 and 4, received 2 and 3 applications of RainDrops. Quadrants 1 & 2 received 15 passes of irrigation at 1.5” totaling 22.5”. In quadrants 3 & 4, irrigation was reduced by 6.7% and received 14 passes at 1.5” totaling 21.0”. Each application of RainDrops was applied at the rate of 12.8 ounces per acre at 4-‐week intervals.
Results: RainDrops was able to reduce the amount of stress between watering cycles. This allowed quadrant 4 to produce 7.5% greater yield despite the 6.7% reduction of irrigated water.