Research reports on our field trials are written to share our results with farmers, agricultural service providers, and the general public. We keep past reports accessible as well so you can view results from more than one year.
2024 Research Reports
Corn
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Corn Conservation Practices and Pest Prevalence (PDF)
Corn Cropping Systems to Improve Economic and Environmental Health (PDF)
Corn Silage Performance Long Season Trials Summary (PDF)
Corn Silage Performance Short Season Trials Summary (PDF)
Impact of Biochar on Soil Chemical Properties and Corn Yield and Quality: Year 1 (PDF)
Impact of Biochar on Soil Chemical Properties and Corn Yield and Quality After Two Years (PDF)
Impact of Corn Row Spacing on Interseeded Forage Establishment (PDF)
Integrating Cover Crops and Manure into Corn Silage Cropping Systems (PDF)
Integrating Solar Corridors into Corn Silage Production Systems (PDF)
New York and Vermont Corn Silage Hybrid Evaluation Program (PDF)
Forages
Grains and Dry Beans
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Hulless Barley Variety Trial (PDF)
Hulless Oat Variety Trial (PDF)
Organic Spring Wheat Variety Trial (PDF)
Organic Winter Wheat Variety Trial (PDF)
Rye Nitrogen Fertility Trial (PDF)
Rye Planting Date X Planting Depth Trial (PDF)
Spring Barley Variety Trial (PDF)
Steam Treatment to Reduce Ustilago spp. Infection in Spring Barley (PDF)
Winter Malting Barley Variety Trial (PDF)
Winter Rye Cover Crop and Forage Variety Trial (PDF)
Dry Beans
Inter-row Mowing in Organic No-Till Black Beans (PDF)
Industrial Hemp
Oilseeds
Soils, Cover Crops, and Nutrient Management
2023 Research Reports
Corn
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- Corn Cropping Systems to Improve Economic and Environmental Health (VIRECA) (PDF)
- Corn Silage Performance Long Season Trials Summary (PDF)
- Corn Silage Performance Short Season Trials Summary (PDF)
- Impact of Corn Row Spacing on Interseeded Forage Establishment (PDF)
- Impact of Corn Silage Variety and Seeding Rate on Interseeded Cover crop Establishment (PDF)
- Impacts of Row Spacing and Seeding Rate on Flint Corn Performance (PDF)
- Integrating Cover Crops and Manure into Corn Silage Cropping Systems (PDF)
- Integrating Solar Corridors into Corn Silage Production Systems (PDF)
- New York and Vermont Corn Silage Hybrid Evaluation Program (PDF)
- Revitalizing Northern Flint Corn in the Northeast: Evaluating Northern Flint Corn Germplasm from Agronomic and Nutritional Perspectives (PDF)
Forages
Grains
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- Colored Wheat Variety Trial (PDF)
- The Efficacy of Spraying Fungicides to Control Fusarium Head Blight Infection in Spring Malting Barley (PDF)
- Hulless Barley Variety Trial (PDF)
- Hulless Oat Variety Trial (PDF)
- Inter-row Mowing in Organic No-till Black Beans (PDF)
- No-Tillage and Dry Bean Variety Performance (PDF)
- Organic Black Bean Seeding Rate Trial (PDF)
- Organic Dry Bean Variety Trial (PDF)
- Organic Spring Barley Variety Trial (PDF)
- Organic Spring Wheat Variety Trial (PDF)
- Organic Winter Malting Barley Variety Trial (PDF)
- Organic Winter Wheat Variety Trial (PDF)
- Rye Harvest Date (PDF)
- Rye Nitrogen Fertility Trial (PDF)
- Rye Planting Date X Planting Depth Trial (PDF)
- Rye Variety Trial (PDF)
- Spelt Variety Trial (PDF)
- Steam Treatment to Reduce Ustilago spp. Infection in Spring Barley (PDF)
- Winter Rye Cover Crop and Forage Variety Trial (PDF)
Industrial Hemp
Oilseeds
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- Conventional Soybean Performance Trials Summary (PDF)
- Conventional Soybean Variety Trial (PDF)
- Impact of Winter Rye Planting Date and Seeding Rate on No-Till Soybeans (PDF)
- Interseeding Winter Rye in Soybeans (PDF)
- Soybean Cover Crop Termination X Nitrogen Fertility Trial (PDF)
- Winter Canola Variety Trial (PDF)
Soils, Cover Crops, and Nutrient Management
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- Closing the Nutrient Loop through an Innovative Organic Fertilizer Technology Field Tested for Beet Vegetable Crop Factsheet (PDF)
- Closing the Nutrient Loop through an Innovative Organic Fertilizer Technology Field Tested for Snap Beans Factsheet (PDF)
- Closing the Nutrient Loop through an Innovative Organic Fertilizer Technology Field Tested for Tomato Crop Factsheet (PDF). updated May 2025
- GSR Fertilizer Tomato Field Trial (PDF)
- Impact of Biochar on Soil Chemical Properties and Corn Yield and Quality (PDF)
- Impact of Cover Crop Termination Timing on Grain Corn Productivity (PDF)
2022 Research Reports
Corn
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- Corn Cropping Systems to Improve Economic and Environmental Health (PDF)
- Corn Silage Performance Long Season Corn Trials Summary (PDF)
- Corn Silage Performance Short Season Corn Trials Summary (PDF)
- Grain Corn Variety x Seeding Rate Trial (PDF)
- Impact of Corn Silage Variety and Seeding Rate on Interseeded Cover Crop Establishment (PDF)
- Integrating Cover Crops and Manure into Corn Silage Cropping Systems (PDF)
- Integrating Solar Corridors in Corn Silage Production Systems to Meet Agronomic & Conservation Goals (PDF)
- New York and Vermont Corn Silage Hybrid Evaluation Program (PDF)
Forages
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- Assessing Forage Research and Education Needs of Organic Dairy Farms in the United States (PDF)
- Fall Annual Forages (PDF)
- Influence of Cutting Height on Forage Quality and Productivity (PDF)
- Legume Variety Trial (PDF)
- Perennial Grass Stockpiling Trial (PDF)
- Perennial Grass Variety Trial (PDF)
- Summer Annual Mixtures Trial (PDF)
- Summer Annual Seeding Rate Trial (PDF)
- Summer Annual Variety Trial (PDF)
Grains
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- Colored Wheat Variety Trial (PDF)
- Hulless Barley Variety Trial (PDF)
- Hulless Oat Variety Trial (PDF)
- Oat Variety Trial (PDF)
- Organic Black Bean Seeding Rate Trial (PDF)
- Organic Dry Bean Variety Trial (PDF)
- Organic Spring Barley Variety Trial (PDF)
- Organic Spring Wheat Variety Trial (PDF)
- Organic Winter Wheat Variety Trial (PDF)
- Rye Harvest Date (PDF)
- Rye Variety Trial (PDF)
- Spelt Variety Trial (PDF)
- Spring Emmer Variety Trial (PDF)
- The Efficacy of Spraying Fungicides to Control Fusarium Head Blight Infection in Spring Malting Barley (PDF)
- Spring Wheat Crosses Trial (PDF)
- Triticale Variety Trial (PDF)
- Winter Barley Variety Trial (PDF)
Industrial Hemp
2021 Research Reports
Corn
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- Corn Cropping Systems to Improve Economic and Environmental Health (PDF)
- Grain Corn Variety X Seeding Rate Trial (PDF)
- Impact of Corn Silage Variety and Seeding Rate on Interseeded Cover Crop Establishment (PDF)
- Integrating Cover Crops and Manure into Corn Silage Cropping Systems (PDF)
- Integrating Solar Corridors in Corn Silage Production Systems to Meet Agronomic & Conservation Goals (PDF)
- Long Season Corn Silage Performance Trials Summary (PDF)
- Short Season Corn Silage Performance Trials Summary (PDF)
- Vermont Non-GMO Corn Silage Performance Trial (PDF)
- Vermont Non-GMO Corn Silage Performance Trials Summary (PDF)
- Vermont Organic Silage Corn Performance Trial (PDF)
- Vermont Organic Silage Corn Performance Trials Summary (PDF)
- NY_VT Corn Silage Hybrid Evaluation Report (PDF)
Forages
Grains
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- Colored Wheat Variety Trial (PDF)
- The Efficacy of Spraying Fungicides to Control Fusarium Head Blight Infection in Spring Malting Barley (PDF)
- Hulless Barley Variety Trial (PDF)
- Hulless Oat Variety Trial (PDF)
- Oat Variety Trial (PDF)
- Organic Spring Barley Variety Trial (PDF)
- Organic Spring Wheat Variety Trial (PDF)
- Organic Winter Wheat Variety Trial (PDF)
- Rye Harvest Date Trial (PDF)
- Rye Variety Trial (PDF)
- Spring Emmer Variety Trial (PDF)
- Winter Barley Variety Trial (PDF)
Industrial Hemp
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- 2020-2021 Hemp Flower Storage Trial (PDF)
- Hemp Cannabidiol Drying Trial (PDF)
- Hemp Flower Harvest Date (PDF)
- Hemp Flower Nitrogen Fertility Trial (PDF)
- Hemp Flower Variety Trial (PDF)
- Industrial Fiber Hemp Variety Trial (PDF)
- Industrial Grain Hemp Variety Trial (PDF)
- Industrial Hemp Fertility Trial (PDF)
- On-Farm Hemp Scouting Report (PDF)
Oilseeds
Soils, Cover Crops, and Nutrient Management
2020 Research Reports
Corn
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- 2020 Corn Cropping Systems to Improve Economic and Environmental Health (PDF)
- 2020 Corn Silage Performance Trials Summary - Long Season Corn (PDF)
- 2020 Corn Silage Performance Trials Summary - Short Season Corn (PDF)
- 2020 NY VT Corn Silage Hybrid Evaluation Program (PDF)
- 2020 Integrating Cover Crops and Manure into Corn Silage Cropping Systems (PDF)
- 2020 Interseeding Cover Crops in Corn Silage Cropping System (PDF)
- 2020 Interseeding Cover Crops into Wide-Row Corn Silage (PDF)
- 2020 Vermont Non-GMO Corn Silage Performance Trial (PDF)
- 2020 Vermont Organic Silage Corn Performance Trial (PDF)
Forages
Grains
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- 2020 Forage Oat Seeding Rate Trial (PDF)
- 2020 Heirloom Hulless Spring Barley Variety Trial (PDF)
- 2020 Oat Variety Trial (PDF)
- 2020 Organic Spring Barley Variety Trial (PDF)
- 2020 Organic Winter Barley Variety Trial (PDF)
- 2020 The Efficacy of Spraying Fungicides to Control Fusarium Head Blight Infection in Spring Malting Barley (PDF)
- 2020 Organic Spring Wheat Crosses Variety Trial (PDF)
- 2020 Organic Spring Wheat Variety Trial (PDF)
- 2020 Organic Winter Wheat Variety Trial (PDF)
- 2020 Spelt Variety Trial (PDF)
- 2020 Steam Treated Grains (PDF)
- 2020 Winter Rye Harvest Date Trial (PDF)
- 2020 Winter Rye Nitrogen Fertility Trial (PDF)
- 2020 Winter Rye Variety Trial (PDF)
Industrial Hemp
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- 2020 Hemp Flower Combined Phosphorus-Potassium Fertility Trial (PDF)
- 2020 Hemp Flower Harvest Date (PDF)
- 2020 Hemp Flower Nitrogen Fertility Trial (PDF)
- 2020 Hemp Flower Plant Spacing x Planting Date Trial (PDF)
- 2020 Hemp Flower Variety Trial (PDF)
- 2020 Industrial Hemp Fiber Variety Trial (PDF)
- 2020 Industrial Grain Hemp Fertility Trial (PDF)
- 2020 Industrial Grain Hemp Variety Trial (PDF)
- 2020 On-Farm New England Hemp Pest & Disease Scouting Report (PDF)
Hops
Oilseeds
Soils, Cover Crops, and Nutrient Management
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- Brassica Production Practices and Concerns in Vermont and the Northeast Survey Results (PDF)
- 2020 Cover Crop Termination Trial (PDF)
- Closing the Nutrient Loop Through an Innovative Organic Fertilizer Technology Field Tested for Corn Factsheet (PDF)
- Closing the Nutrient Loop Through an Innovative Organic Fertilizer Technology Field Tested for Vegetable Crops Factsheet (PDF)
- 2020 Cover Crop Termination Trial (PDF)
- 2020 Impact of Cover Crops on No-Till Spring Grain Production (PDF)
- 2020 Milkweed Production Trials (PDF)
- 2020 Soybean Cover Crop Trial (PDF)