2020 Iowa SureForce Trial

Central Iowa SureForce Trial

• Year:  2020
• Trial Location:  Central Iowa
• Product Tested:  SureForce
• Crop Type:  Corn
• Cropping Practice:  Conventional Tillage, Corn – Soybean Rotation

Trial Purpose/What We Were Testing For: SureForce vs simulated OEM downforce 3 treatment. Manual (200 lbs) vs Medium vs Heavy

Outlying Factors:

• Drought

Outcome:

• No yield advantage, possibly due to dry conditions and RID type gauge wheels. This trend exists across all 2020 trials on Case planters with RID gauge wheels.

Additional Trial Information and Maps:

This is a summarization of data collected in one year and represents only what happened across the tested field in 2020.  It is not a rigorous evaluation of factors that may or may not influence yield.  Results may not predict future performance and may not be complete.