by Henry Jordan | Apr 3, 2024 | Corn, Corn Variety Trials, Cotton, Cotton Variety Trials, Crop Production, Farming, Major Row Crops, Peanut Variety Trials, Peanuts, Small Grain Variety Trials, Soybean On Farm, Soybean Variety Trials, Soybeans, Variety Tests, Wheat
In 2021, the Auburn University Official Variety Testing (OVT) Program contracted with Medius Ag, a third-party agricultural data management company, to store, manage, and maintain Auburn OVT data in an online database/tool available to all stakeholders. The goal was...
by Henry Jordan | Apr 3, 2024 | Crop Production, Farming, Major Row Crops, Small Grain Variety Trials, Variety Tests
Researchers from the Alabama Cooperative Extension System, the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station and Auburn University are hosting a free barley field day for growers who are interested in barley production in Alabama. This field day will include variety plot...
by Henry Jordan | Aug 2, 2023 | Crop Production, Farming, Major Row Crops, Small Grain Forages, Small Grain Variety Trials, Variety Tests, Wheat
BY: Henry G. Jordan Jr., AU Variety Testing Manager Dr. David Buntin, UGA Professor of Entomology Dr. Katelyn Kesheimer, AU Extension Entomologist Spring 2023 saw a serious infestation of Hessian fly in wheat across the southern United States, and variety selection is...
by Henry Jordan | Jul 21, 2023 | Corn, Farming, Major Row Crops, Small Grain Variety Trials, Variety Tests, Wheat
July 21 Results have been posted to the variety selection platform for the 2022-2023 on-farm wheat variety trials conducted by Assistant Extension Professor Tyler Sandlin. A report in PDF format will be posted as soon as it becomes available. 2023 On-Farm...
by Henry Jordan | Jul 21, 2023 | Crop Production, Farming, Major Row Crops, Small Grain Variety Trials, Variety Tests, Wheat
July 21 – Entry forms for the Auburn University Variety Testing – Small Grain Variety Trials are now available. View last year’s data here. The deadline for seed is October 1st. For wheat and oats, please send 6 lb of seed per variety per region. ...
by Henry Jordan | Jul 14, 2023 | Crop Production, Farming, Major Row Crops, Small Grain Variety Trials, Variety Tests, Wheat
July 14 – The summaries below will provide readers with shortcuts to some of the most commonly requested OVT summary tables within the Variety Selection Platform. Each table can be sorted simply by clicking the title at the top of the column of choice. The...