Beck's Hybrids 400Bu | Alpha Agri
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400 BUSHEL ATTEMPT

Beck's Hybrids ownership team standing beside 400 bushel plot sign using Humika
CEO Sonny Beck, President Scott Beck, Licensing Lead Corey Beck, and Project Coordinator Chris Beck

HIGH-MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

Pre-Plant Incorporated: 
40 gal. UAN
4 gal. Thio-Sul® (12-0-0-26S)
2 qt. Humika™

In-Furrow (10 in. Rows)
14.4 gal. Feast® Yield Master® 3-18-18 2 gal. Feast® Side-Kick™ 0-0-25 w/17S 1 qt. Humika™
1 qt. Feast® Micro Master™  

Chelated Zinc 9.0%
16 oz. Ethos Ethos® XB

Seed Treatment
Escalate® + 2 oz./50 lb. of 
seed Amplify-D®

In-Furrow (30 in. Rows)
4.1 gal. Feast® Yield Master® 3-18-18

0.67 gal. Feast® Side-Kick™ 0-0-25 w/17S

10 oz. Humika™
10 oz. Feast® Micro Master™  

Chelated Zinc 9.0% 
5.3 oz. Ethos Ethos® XB

VT Linear
10 oz. Quadris®
4 oz. Mustang® Maxx

R1 Linear
15 oz. Revytek™
4 oz. Hero®

R3 Linear
10 oz. Revytek™
4 oz. Mustang® Maxx

PURPOSE

To raise 400 Bu./A. corn by utilizing various intensive management strategies.

2020 RESULTS

Beck's Hybrid's 400 bushel corn plot 2020 results using Humika

2020 RAINFALL AND IRRIGATION

Beck's Hybrid's 400 bushel plot 2020 rainfall and irrigation

DRIP-FERTIGATION (UNITS/A.)

24 Applications: N 335, P 87, K 38, S 43, ZN 1, MN 0.3, B 2.0

400 Bu./A. corn achieved! Interestingly, the highest yields occurred at the more moderate populations in the 38,000 to 44,000 range.

SPECIAL THANKS TO

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STUDY INFORMATION | Planted 4/22/2020 | Harvested 9/25/2020 | Population Various | Row Width Various | Previous Crop Soybeans | Tillage Fall: Disk-Rip, Spring: Field Cultivation | Herbicides Pre: 4 oz. Anthem® Maxx, 1 qt. Roundup PowerMAX® Post: 1.75 qt. Lexar® EZ, 1 qt. Roundup PowerMAX® | Insecticides  Escalate® | Starter 40 gal. 28-0-0 PPI | Total Nitrogen 455 units as UAN | Soil Type Shoals (Silt Loam)

2020 Beck’s Practical Farm Research

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