Early – 2002 Quality (Armstrong)

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		2002 Armstrong
Company*	Hybrid	Relative Yield**	Dry Matter	Grain	Stover ADF***	Stover NDF***
MAIZEX Inc.	LEAFY 851	139	32.8	37.8	45.8	74.6
PICKSEED CANADA INC.	ExAlt	129	29.9	41.1	45.7	71.7
Pioneer Hi-Bred Ltd.	39K40	121	38	51	48.6	74.1
Mycogen Brand Seeds	TMF2126	120	35.9	41.5	44.8	71.6
Hyland Seeds	HLS012	119	35.1	41.6	44.9	75.2
Advanta Seeds Inc.	Garst 8966	117	37.2	42.1	49.4	73.2
MAIZEX Inc.	LEAFY 5	113	34.4	37.2	43.7	71
Pride Seeds	Pride K110	112	36	37.7	43.7	69.9
UAP DYNA-GRO	7485	111	34.8	41.9	47.2	75.9
PICKSEED CANADA INC.	PICKSEED 2565	111	33.9	43.4
Pioneer Hi-Bred Ltd.	39G12 *	111	33.4	40.8	43.8	68.6
PICKSEED CANADA INC.	PICKSEED 2351	104	32.7	43.8	45.4	72
Pioneer Hi-Bred Ltd.	39D81	100	36.2	50.7
Syngenta Seeds Can. Inc.	NK N15-Z1 *	96	36.4	42.9
Mycogen Brand Seeds	2051	95	34.3	37.7
Hyland Seeds	HLS007 *	94	31.7	44.9
Pioneer Hi-Bred Ltd.	39R62 *	92	34.9	38.2	45.4	69.1
Advanta Seeds Inc.	Garst 8975	90	33.3	44.2
Pioneer Hi-Bred Ltd.	39J26 *	88	39	47.9	43.8	69.5
Syngenta Seeds Can. Inc.	NK N09-B3	86	39.2	45.7	47.2	72.4
Syngenta Seeds Can. Inc.	NK G-4066	86	32.3	44.1	42.9	68.9
Pioneer Hi-Bred Ltd.	39T68 *	85	32.1	36.4	42	65.2
PICKSEED CANADA INC.	PICKSEED 2338 *	81	34.8	42
Advanta Seeds Inc.	Garst 8993 *	72	34.3	38.2

*Advanta Seeds Inc. – Garst Seeds Brand; Hyland Seeds – Hyland Brand; MAIZEX Inc. – MAIZEX Brand; Pride Seeds – Pride Brand; Dow AgroSciences – Mycogen Brand Seeds; PICKSEED CANADA INC.– PICKSEED Brand; Pioneer Hi-Bred Ltd. – Pioneer Brand; Syngenta Seeds Canada Inc. – NK Brand; UAP–DYNA GRO – DYNA GRO Brand. **Hybrids were compared to the average of three standards – HLS012, Mycogen 2051 and NK G-4066. This average was assigned a value of 100. The average yield of the standards at Armstrong was 16.8 tonnes of dry matter per hectare. (+)Significant bird damage occurred one month before harvest possibly due to early maturity *** ADF = Acid Detergent Fibre, NDF = Neutral Detergent Fibre