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type="square" anchory="line"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><a href="webstore/store"><img border=0 width=109 height=16 src="http://www.fielderschoicedirect.com/images/product_selector_img.gif" align=right alt="http://www.fielderschoicedirect.com/images/product_selector_img.gif" title="" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_2"></a><![endif]><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:2;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td colspan=2 valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=style2><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"; color:red'>About F.I.R.S.T.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <div align=center> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=760 style='width:570.0pt;mso-cellspacing:0in;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes'> <td width="35%" style='width:35.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;<span style='mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td colspan=3 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;<span style='mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1'> <td colspan=4 valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"MS Mincho"; mso-fareast-language:JA'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1025" type="#_x0000_t75" style='width:156.75pt;height:58.5pt' o:ole=""> <v:imagedata src="About_FIRST_files/image001.png" o:title=""/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=209 height=78 src="About_FIRST_files/image002.jpg" v:shapes="_x0000_i1025"><![endif]><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OLEObject Type="Embed" ProgID="PBrush" ShapeID="_x0000_i1025" DrawAspect="Content" ObjectID="_1254324836"> </o:OLEObject> </xml><![endif]--></span><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>   </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"MS Mincho";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-language:JA'>What is F.I.R.S.T.?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-language:JA'>F.I.R.S.T. stands for Farmer s Independent Research of Seed Technologies<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-language:JA'>It is an association of farmers organized to find newly developed corn hybrids, soybean varieties and trait technologies that improve the profitability of their operations.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-language:JA'>Farmer members assist in the selection of the test site, coordinate field operations in the spring and provide all of the inputs, except the seed.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-language:JA'>Companies willing to sponsor the research decide which products to test and at which sites. Hybrids are tested equally at several sites with three replications at each site.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-language:JA'>How Do I Interpret a Harvest Report from F.I.R.S.T.?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-language:JA'>In the upper right corner you will find information regarding maturities of the hybrids. Some locations are split into early and late maturities.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-language:JA'>Then, look and determine how many hybrids were in the plot.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-language:JA'>Only the 30 highest yielding hybrids will be show for each test.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-language:JA'>And last, be sure to look at the technology a hybrid contains to be sure it is a fair comparison.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-language:JA'>Drawing Conclusions<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-language:JA'>Be careful about only looking for hybrids at the top of each report. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-language:JA'>Right below the test average is number called the LSD. 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