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Yield Response (Bu./A.)<br />

BECK’S VT Quilt Xcel Study<br />

2014 PFR Partners<br />

12.0<br />

10.0<br />

8.0<br />

6.0<br />

4.0<br />

2.0<br />

0.0<br />

-2.0<br />

-4.0<br />

-6.0<br />

VT Quilt Xcel Yield Summary<br />

VT Quilt Xcel Treatment<br />

Break-Even<br />

6.15 Bu./A.<br />

Corn Price Return<br />

$3.50/Bu. -$17.47<br />

$4.15/Bu. -$15.98<br />

$5.00/Bu. -$14.02<br />

+2.3 Bu./A. yield advantage from VT Quilt Xcel treatments.<br />

63% of Quilt Xcel treatments boosted yield<br />

-$15.98 loss in net return per acre^<br />

^Net return based on $18.52/A. Quilt Xcel, $7.00 application, and $4.15/Bu. Corn<br />

Grower Location Hybrid Yield<br />

Mackinson Dairy Pontiac, IL Wyffels 7888 +0.6<br />

Scott Bauknecht Pontiac, IL DKC 57-92 +3.0<br />

Brent Clark Pontiac, IL G14R38 +2.0<br />

Jim Girard Pontiac, IL Channel 213-59 +10.6<br />

Jim Girard Pontiac, IL Channel 213-59 -0.3<br />

Marv Hilti Cullom, IL Stone 6404 +6.8<br />

Doug Raber Gridley, IL DKC 65-19 0.0<br />

Jeff Bressner Graymont, IL DKC 61-88 -4.0<br />

Quilt Xcel is a trademark of a Syngenta Group Company<br />

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