This final entry in our 25th Anniversary celebration series looks back at yields over the program's history. FIRST was founded to empower farmers with independent research into new seed technologies coming into the market in 1997.
The graphics linked below show how the FIRST program has grown, adding professional research managers who work with excellent plot host farmers throughout the corn belt and mid-Atlantic. The graphs also show how the seasons and technologies have contributed to yield performance. Click on the graphs below to go to interactive versions, where you can see all years in the program in animation, stop on a year of interest, and zoom in on locations near you.
We want to thank everyone who has made the FIRST trials a success for 25 years!
