TABLE 5. SOUTHERN ZONE - EARLY MATURITY TRIAL. (ARLINGTON = ARL, JANESVILLE = JAN, LANCASTER = LAN) (106 DAY RELATIVE MATURITY OR LATER, BASED ON COMPANY RATING) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1999 1998 AVERAGE ARL JAN LAN AVERAGE ARL JAN LAN YLD MOIST TW LODG P.I. YLD YLD YLD YLD MOIST TW LODG P.I. YLD YLD YLD BRAND HYBRID BU/A % LB/BU % BU/A BU/A BU/A BU/A % LB/BU % BU/A BU/A BU/A ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Cargill 4111 208 19.3 59 2.8 100 219 212 193 Shelby Farms 25R 164 19.4 61 2.3 90 171 159 161 Shelby Farms 42R 172 20.2 57 3.7 91 186 166 166 Shelby Farms 22R 166 20.9 56 2.0 90 183 162 155 Shelby Farms 31R 162 21.0 56 2.3 89 183 153 150 LG Seeds LG2544 232 21.2 55 1.8 105* 240 252 204 Golden Harvest H8562 210 21.2 56 3.1 100 210 215 204 Cargill 4220Bt 212 21.2 58 1.2 100 229 213 193 Shelby Farms 41R 168 21.3 56 3.0 90 185 167 151 Pioneer 36H75 203 21.5 57 0.8 98 214 208 187 Kaltenberg K6006IMI 187 21.8 55 1.6 94 207 195 159 Growmark FS5308 222 21.9 56 1.4 102* 230 237 200 231 23.2 54 1.4 101* 242 219 231 Kussmaul K108 220 21.9 56 1.4 102* 239 235 186 237 23.4 53 1.7 102* 258 219 233 Pfister 2025 230 21.9 56 2.2 104* 239 246 204 243 24.6 53 1.7 102* 273* 229* 226 Brown 6850 224 22.0 56 1.2 103* 241 232 198 239 24.4 53 1.9 102* 254 225 237 Kaltenberg K6606 219 22.0 55 1.1 101 230 227 199 Carhart's Blue Top CX1080A 236* 22.3 55 1.8 105* 254* 242 213 231 24.1 53 2.5 100* 256 211 227 US Seeds US C1079RR 209 22.3 57 1.4 99 219 218 190 Golden Harvest EX8661Bt 200 22.4 55 2.6 97 207 207 186 Mallard BT2700 216 22.4 58 2.2 101 226 219 204 Gutwein 2400 217 22.5 55 3.0 100 233 228 189 246* 24.3 53 0.8 103* 270* 232* 236 Carhart's Blue Top CX51Bt 220 22.5 57 2.8 101 228 230 203 Renk RK706 208 22.5 55 0.6 99 218 223 185 Hughes 5597 223 22.5 56 1.3 102* 243 231 195 238 24.5 53 1.9 102* 265* 223 228 Hughes 4759 199 22.5 55 2.7 96 217 204 176 Mallard BT621CC 220 22.6 57 0.6 102* 230 222 209 Golden Harvest H8328IMI 198 22.6 55 1.7 97 210 200 185 Mallard UC2682 208 22.8 56 0.5 99 221 217 184 Dairyland Stealth 1508220 22.8 54 2.6 101 242 227 192 241 22.0 53 11.1 104* 253 239* 230 Top Farm TFsx2111 227 22.8 56 2.5 103* 255* 239 187 244* 23.9 53 0.9 103* 266* 219 245* Garst 8608Bt 207 22.9 57 2.0 98 219 219 185 US Seeds US E1029Bt 212 23.0 57 1.6 99 225 219 191 Renk RK775 232 23.0 55 1.1 104* 250* 257* 188 234 23.8 53 1.0 101* 265* 210 229 Wyffels W510 206 23.0 55 1.6 98 216 211 190 226 24.8 53 1.5 99 247 208 223 105-DAY HYBRID TRIAL AVERAGE## 23.0 Jung 2638 210 23.1 55 1.7 99 225 214 190 North Gro 6776 191 23.2 54 0.8 94 209 197 166 Kaltenberg K6202 216 23.2 55 1.4 100 228 225 196 Pioneer 35R57 227 23.4 56 0.6 103* 236 239 206 Cornelius C548 206 23.5 55 1.2 98 219 209 191 Spangler 6300 232 23.7 57 2.7 104* 241 242 214 US Seeds US C1119RR 234* 24.0 53 1.2 104* 239 238 224* Cornelius C507 234* 24.0 54 1.7 104* 238 247 217 228 22.9 53 0.9 100* 248 227* 209 Golden Harvest EX8625Bt 205 24.1 55 0.2 98 214 209 193 North Gro 6727 215 24.2 55 0.6 100 227 217 201 Garst 8590 221 24.2 56 1.7 101 230 227 207 250* 24.1 54 0.8 104* 267* 241* 242 Wyffels W5164 207 24.4 54 0.8 98 217 213 193 110-DAY HYBRID TRIAL AVERAGE## 24.4 US Seeds US C1069Bt 214 24.5 56 0.9 99 225 225 191 Mycogen 2652 224 24.7 54 0.6 101 240 235 198 Kaltenberg K7004 195 24.7 55 1.3 95 216 195 175 Kaltenberg 5959Bt 210 24.8 56 0.5 98 224 216 191 Hughes 5602 216 25.1 54 0.8 100 231 224 195 232 24.4 53 0.9 101* 241 223 232 Agripro AP9511 222 25.3 55 0.9 101 249* 227 189 High Cycle HC7734RR 226 25.5 53 0.6 101 251* 232 193 Pioneer 34G82 236* 25.5 56 0.5 104* 252* 228 227* Novartis N59-Q9 226 25.6 54 0.6 102* 232 230 215 244* 23.0 53 0.5 104* 266* 223 242 Renk RK835 242* 25.6 54 2.0 105* 247 267* 211 US Seeds US C1099 222 25.6 54 0.8 100 241 227 197 Wyffels W552 208 25.7 55 2.5 97 219 208 197 227 25.9 53 0.6 99 247 204 230 Spangler 6758RR 232 25.7 54 0.8 103* 243 240 213 Kaltenberg K7122RR 244* 25.9 54 0.9 105* 263* 254* 215 Dairyland Stealth 1410237* 26.0 55 0.6 104* 254* 251 207 238 26.0 53 3.3 101* 258 214 242 Shelby Farms 12R 159 26.0 55 3.3 86 171 154 151 Pioneer 34K78 230 26.0 56 0.5 102* 244 233 212 Growmark FS6576 234* 26.2 54 0.6 103* 252* 251 200 240 26.4 53 3.3 101* 270* 205 246* Novartis N58-D1 236* 26.2 56 0.5 104* 249* 229 232* Kaltenberg X671ND 212 26.2 57 3.2 98 219 227 190 US Seeds US C1099ND 200 26.2 57 5.4 94 200 218 180 North Gro 6988 233 26.4 54 0.9 103* 252* 235 212 Dekalb DK589BTY 216 26.4 54 0.5 99 234 218 195 Top Farm TFsx2107 221 26.5 54 2.4 99 247 242 175 Cornelius C600RR 229 26.6 53 0.6 102* 240 243 204 Kaltenberg K6901 226 26.8 53 0.8 101 238 235 204 Dairyland Stealth 1412237* 26.8 55 1.4 103* 249* 242 220* 249* 26.6 53 1.1 103* 269* 228* 249* M/W Genetics G7711 237* 26.9 55 1.1 103* 248 247 215 245* 26.5 53 1.4 102* 271* 217 246* Mycogen 2717 230 26.9 53 0.3 102* 235 243 212 Spangler 7558 236* 26.9 55 1.1 103* 244 245 220* 248* 26.7 53 0.8 103* 263 244* 237 Lemke SL68 238* 26.9 54 1.1 104* 248 254* 212 246* 26.8 53 1.7 102* 267* 239* 233 Hughes 5906 235* 27.0 54 1.7 103* 243 242 221* 245* 26.9 53 2.0 102* 279* 220 236 Mycogen 2722IMI 217 27.0 53 1.4 99 228 243 181 Jung 2710 241* 27.0 55 0.8 104* 241 251 231* 237 26.9 53 0.8 100* 262 241* 208 Pioneer 34W67 229 27.0 57 4.7 101 259* 223 206 Kaltenberg K7001Bt 246* 27.2 54 0.6 105* 246 256* 235* Wyffels W575 213 27.4 54 1.1 98 218 222 198 Brown 7041 230 27.5 54 0.3 102* 239 236 216 Dekalb DK567 234* 27.5 55 2.7 102* 248 242 212 Cargill 6888 232 27.6 54 0.6 102* 245 240 210 Dekalb DK585 232 27.7 54 1.1 102* 234 245 215 237 27.0 53 4.6 100* 259 213 240 Wyffels W700 238* 27.7 54 0.8 103* 254* 238 222* 249* 26.3 53 0.9 103* 278* 225 243* Golden Harvest H9230Bt 243* 27.9 54 0.0 105* 250* 250 229* Garst 8464 233 27.9 54 0.2 102* 245 241 214 Novartis N64-J9 220 28.3 54 0.5 99 226 215 219* 115-DAY HYBRID TRIAL AVERAGE## 28.4 Wyffels W5540 216 28.5 54 0.3 98 221 223 202 Kaltenberg X682ND 208 29.0 55 6.0 95 215 231 179 Novartis N65-R5 210 29.8 53 0.2 96 229 215 188 Pioneer 34R07 236* 30.8 55 0.8 102* 243 239 228* 239 28.1 54 1.4 100* 266* 216 236 Pioneer 33A14 246* 32.6 55 1.2 103* 243 262* 232* 259* 28.6 54 0.5 104* 269* 246* 262* M/W Genetics X91091Bt 224 35.6 55 0.0 96 238 237 196 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ MEAN 218 24.8 55 1.5 100 231 226 198 233 25.1 53 2.0 100 255 214 229 LSD(0.10)** 12 1.9 1 1.7 3 14 14 17 15 1.1 1 4.4 4 20 19 19 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________