To: Potential Participants of the Southwest Ohio Corn Growers Yield Trials

2026 Electronic Entry Forms

The SOCGA would like to formally invite you to participate in our annual corn and soybean yield comparison plots and field day. To better serve producers, the corn and soybean testing locations will be in Southwest Ohio. Plots will be planted in blind-labeled, small plots with random replications at each location. At harvest, data will be collected and averaged at each location and placed in a user-friendly booklet.

Entry requirements are listed below. Results from previous Corn and Soybean Yield Trials can be found at https://go.osu.edu/socga-plot-results.

NEW in 2026: Growers can nominate varieties of corn or soybeans they have purchased for their farm and enter them into the trials. All rules below will need to be followed. Seed Company name and variety numbers need to be included on the following Grower nominated entry forms. Additionally, the cost of grower entries are half the price of the regular seed entries. Grower names will remain anonymous, but company names and varieties will be identified as grower entered and will be included in the final data booklet.

Corn Entry Rules:

1. All genetic traits are welcome. All varieties are to be legal for international export.
2. Hybrids will be divided by maturity into an early or late category depending on the number of entries.
3. The entry fee will be $100 per hybrid for 5 entries with the sixth entry being free
   • Example 1: 5 total entries = $500 or 6 total entries = $500
   • Example 2: 10 total entries = $1,000 or 12 total entries = $1,000
4. Each hybrid entered will be planted at all five locations.
5. Please send 5 lbs. of seed per hybrid entered with the hybrid number, maturity length, and which hybrid is to be used for the Show Plot.

Soybean Entry Rules:

1. All varieties must contain at least Round-up Ready and Liberty Link Soybean traits to enter.
2. Varieties will be divided by maturity into an early or late category depending on the number of entries.
3. The entry fee will be $50 per variety for 5 entries with the sixth being free.
   • Example 1: 5 total entries = $250 or 6 total entries = $250
   • Example 2: 10 total entries = $500 or 12 total entries = $500
4. Each variety will be planted at all five locations.
5. Please send 5 lbs. of seed per variety entered with the variety number, maturity length, and which variety is to be used for the Show Plot.
6. Please identify what seed treatments have been used.

All Entries:

1. You must also provide a double-faced identification sign for the Field Day by August 1, 2026.
2. DELIVER OR SEND SEED BY NO LATER THAN April 1^st TO:

Fayette County Extension Office

1415 US Hwy 22 SW, Suite 10

Washington C.H., Ohio 43160

NOTE: Please send seed as you can, rather than waiting to send all entries at one time.

To complete your company’s entries into the SOCGA Variety Trials please complete the attached entry forms for the corn hybrids and soybean varieties. The attached entry forms can be emailed ahead of the April 1st delivery date to Ken Ford at ford.70@osu.edu or mailed to the seed delivery address which is included on the entry form. An electronic version of this entry form can be found at https://go.osu.edu/socga-varietytrials or by using the QR code below.

The Southwest Ohio Corn Growers Association would also invite you to participate in our Annual Field Day on August 18, 2026, at the Fayette County Demonstration Farm, 2770 Old Route 38 NW, Washington Court House. The corn and soybean show varieties will be highlighted at this location. The SOCGA along with the Ohio State University Extension will offer educational programs from 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM. As part of the field day activities, two gift certificates will be awarded to two Corn Grower Members for $500 each. The two Ohio Corn Grower Association members to be selected will receive a gift certificate valued at $500, for a one-time purchase of goods or services with any participating company. The SOCGA will be covering this certificate when redeemed with a participating company. All companies that enter these variety trials will be included unless we are notified prior to the field day. There is no additional fee to participate in this award program.

If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact any of the following SOCGA board members.

Clayton Waddle, President (740) 572-7256

Zach Sollars, Secretary (740)406-8418

Tony Nye, Treasurer (740) 606-0031

Justin Baum, Clinton County Extension (937) 382-0901

Ken Ford, Fayette County Extension (740)335-1150 or (937) 441-5762