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WinField Summer Internship
Brittany
Utsch

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BACKGROUND
Internship
• MAA Intern (Central, WI)
• Manager: Chris Paul (RDM)
Hometown
• Paynesville, MN (Central, MN)
• Dairy, Beef, and Crop Farm
College
• University of Wisconsin-River Falls
• Major: Agricultural Marketing
Communications
• Minor: Crop and Soil Science
• Graduation: December 2016
“Brittany & the giant corn stalk”
Photo credit: Chris Paul

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PREVIOUS SUMMER INTERNSHIPS
• Crop Scout Intern @ Centra Sota
• St. Martin, MN
• Scouting
• Sales
• Tissue/soil sampling
• Chemical, seed, fertilizer
• general knowledge of cooperative system
• Research and Development Intern @ WinField
• River Falls, WI
• Follow and carry out protocols
•Mixing chemicals, staking, spraying
•Tissue sampling

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SUMMER TASKS
• HarvXtra Alfalfa trials (Greater Acre)
• Establishing relationship w/farmers
• Updating field conditions, cutting dates, samples
• Scissor clippings
• Answer Plots
• Assisting in Answer Plot days
• Pounding signs
• Scouting/stand counts
• 2-3,000 acres of corn/soybeans

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TROPICAL CORN (EXP 144)

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WHAT IS TROPICAL CORN?
• Grown in Mexico (likes heat and resists pest)
• Similar products in the past
• Large dairy market
• 120-130 day maturity
• Grows tall (doesn’t put much of an ear on stalk)
• Tonnage
• Feed for heifers and dry cows
• Contains low energy so cows won’t put on extra weight
•Extra weight = calving complications and pregnancy issues

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OBJECTIVES OF SUMMER PROJECT
• Observe agronomic characteristics
• Identify tonnage and feed quality values for EXP 144
West Salem, WI
July 29th, 2016

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CORN VARIETY PLOT LOCATION
GPS Location:
44.171695, -87.688449
(Manitowoc, WI)
Planting Date: May 9th

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DATA COLLECTION
• Data Collected:
• Height
• 4x total- every 3 weeks
•June 1st
•June 16th
•July 5th
•July 26th
• Diameter
• 1x
•July 26th
•Data to be collected
• 2 feed samples @ harvest from
each variety
• Final yield checks
• Final crop inputs
• Crop nutrients, manure,
herbicides, insecticide, fungicide

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CORN HEIGHT PROCEDURE
•Walked into each variety 5, 10, 15 feet for height
•Took height three times (average)

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0.5 0.5 0.58 0.58 0.751.16
1.5 1.8 1.8 1.7
4.6
5.6
6.3 6 6.25
9 9
11 11 11
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
5875SS F2F2627 5887VT39 4819A3000GT EXP 144
Feet
Variety
Corn Height Data
June 1st June 14th July 5th July 26th

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0.5 0.5 0.58 0.58 0.751.1 1.5
1.8 1.8 1.7
4.6
5.6
6.3
6 6.25
9 9
11 11 11
14
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
5875SS F2F2627 5887VT39 4819A3000GT EXP 144
Feet
Variety
Corn Height Data (EXP 144 Prediction)
June 1st June 14th July 5th July 26th

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DIAMETER PROCEDURE
• Found variety stakes
•Walked in 5, 10, 15 feet
•Took diameter on three different stalks

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0.945
1.055 1.135
1.295
1.395
0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1
1.2
1.4
1.6
5875SS F2F627 5887VT39 4819AS3000GT EXP 144
Inches
Variety
Diameter (July 26th)

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JUNE 1ST
ROOT MASS/STALK PICTURES

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RIGHT: F2F627LEFT: EXP 144

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LEFT: 5875SS RIGHT: EXP 144

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LEFT: 4819AS3000GT
RIGHT: EXP 144

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LEFT: EXP 144 RIGHT: 5887VT39

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JUNE 14TH
ROOT MASS/STALK PICTURES

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LEFT: EXP 144 RIGHT: 5887VT3P

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LEFT: EXP 144 RIGHT: 58875SS

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LEFT: EXP 144 RIGHT: F2F627

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LEFT: EXP 144 RIGHT: 4819AS3000GT

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JULY 5TH
ROOT MASS/STALK PICTURES

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LEFT: EXP 144 RIGHT: 5887VT3P

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LEFT: EXP 144 RIGHT: F2F627

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LEFT: EXP 144 RIGHT: 4819AS3000GT

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LEFT: EXP 144 RIGHT:5875SS

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JULY 26TH
DIAMETER PICTURES

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LEFT: EXP 144 RIGHT: 5887VT3P
LEFT: EXP 144 RIGHT: F2F627
LEFT: EXP 144 RIGHT: 5875SS
LEFT: 4819AS3000GTLEFT: EXP 144

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CONCLUSION
• EXP 144
• Comes out of ground good until v4-v5
• Start to fall behind in height after v5
• Internodes lengthen out around 3-5 leaves (2-3 feet) before tassel and passes other
varieties up
• 5887VT39
• F2F627
• 5875SS
• 4819A3000GT
• Very similar in height and diameter
• Tassels like other varieties

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PERSONAL EXPERIENCES FROM INTERNSHIP
• Independent Decisions
• Organization
• Self-motivated
• Dependable
Skills gained
• New area, new territory
Challenges
along way
• Take better pictures
• More detailed-orientated
• More diameter data
Things I
would do
differently
Photo Credit: Taylor Waugh

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BEST THING?

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Chris Paul
Ryan Edwards
Jenny Scheels & Andrea Wolf
Thank
you to:
THANK YOU!!

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QUESTIONS?