Field data
Trial results, with the conditions attached.
Every result here shows the untreated check, the plot conditions and a link to the original trial sheet. Bars start at zero, and net return is shown as reported on each sheet.
These are individual plots, not guarantees. Soil, weather, hybrid and management all move results, and yours will vary.
Xylem Plus and EnerG Plus
Soybeans, Buffalo Center, IA, 2023Xitavo E3 2501
In-furrow and post-emergence EnerG Plus + Xylem Plus
Planted 5/10/2023 · Harvested 10/21/2023
In-furrow + post-emergence
16 oz EnerG Plus + 32 oz Xylem Plus, both passes
54.29 bu/ac
$621.77 net return/ac
In-furrow only
16 oz EnerG Plus + 32 oz Xylem Plus
50.02 bu/ac
$584.26 net return/ac
Post-emergence only
16 oz EnerG Plus + 32 oz Xylem Plus
45.06 bu/ac
$519.78 net return/ac
No treatmentCheck
42.26 bu/ac
$501.38 net return/ac
Conditions: Soybeans on corn ground. Plot had white mold problems.
Net return priced at $13.00/bu, as reported on the trial sheet.
Keep in mind: One plot, one season, under white mold pressure. Results in your fields will vary.
Open the trial sheet (PDF, 83 KB)
Corn, Buffalo Center, IA, 2023AP 970
EnerG Plus + Xylem Plus in-furrow on corn-on-corn
Planted 5/10/2023 · Harvested 10/21/2023
In-furrow EnerG Plus + Xylem Plus
16 oz EnerG Plus + 32 oz Xylem Plus
212.09 bu/ac
$959.89 net return/ac
Post-emergence Yield Ignitor + Xylem Plus
32 oz Yield Ignitor + 32 oz Xylem Plus
190.94 bu/ac
$849.94 net return/ac
No treatmentCheck
186.71 bu/ac
$859.57 net return/ac
Conditions: Corn on corn ground. Plot was low on nitrogen.
Net return priced at $5.00/bu less product and drying cost, as reported on the trial sheet.
Keep in mind: One plot, one season, on low-nitrogen corn-on-corn ground. Results in your fields will vary.
Open the trial sheet (PDF, 83 KB)
Corn, Estherville, IAAP 1070, 12 rows each
Xylem Plus + EnerG Plus side by side
Xylem Plus + EnerG Plus
220.92 bu/ac
$749.70 net return/ac
No Xylem Plus + EnerG PlusCheck
205.68 bu/ac
$701.15 net return/ac
Net return priced at $3.75/bu less product, seed and drying cost, as reported on the trial sheet.
Keep in mind: Single grower plot; the trial year is not stated on the sheet. Results in your fields will vary.
Open the trial sheet (PDF, 81 KB)
NutriFoliar Plus
Corn, Buffalo Center, IA
NutriSoil Plus + NutriFoliar Plus vs. a full commercial nitrogen program
180 lb commercial nitrogenCheck
300 lb urea $116 + 200 lb AMS $50
249 bu/ac
$166.00 inputs/ac
42 lb nitrogen + NutriSoil Plus + NutriFoliar Plus
200 lb AMS $50 + NutriSoil Plus $20 + NutriFoliar Plus $40 (2 applications)
238 bu/ac
$110.00 inputs/ac
Conditions: Left of the flag: 180 lb nitrogen (300 lb urea + 200 lb AMS). Right of the flag: 42 lb nitrogen (200 lb AMS) + NutriSoil Plus in-furrow + NutriFoliar Plus applied mid-July and mid-August.
Keep in mind: This case study from Buffalo Center, IA did not follow AP's recommended Nitrogen application program. Trial done for testing purposes only. Individual results will vary.
Open the trial sheet (PDF, 1.8 MB)
Organic corn, West Bend, IAAP 1053, corn on soybeans
NutriFoliar Plus at tassel on organic corn
NutriFoliar Plus at tassel
221 bu/ac
$1,910.66 net return/ac
No NutriFoliar PlusCheck
202 bu/ac
$1,765.48 net return/ac
Conditions: Field had 4,000 gallons of finisher hog manure and 2.5 tons of chicken litter.
Net return priced at $9.00/bu less product and drying cost, as reported on the trial sheet.
Keep in mind: One of several side-by-side comparisons on this sheet; see the full sheet for all hybrids. The trial year is not stated. Results in your fields will vary.
Open the trial sheet (PDF, 100 KB)
Corn, West Bend, IA, sampled July 9, 2021
Leaf tissue nitrogen, NutriFoliar Plus vs. none
No NutriFoliar Plus
- AP-6713.35%
- AP-6693.69%
- AP-5003.36%
- AP-5152.93%
NutriFoliar Plus
- AP-6723.76%
- AP-6733.76%
- AP-6703.86%
- AP-6653.65%
Keep in mind: Tissue nitrogen from a single sampling date. It doesn't measure yield, and results in your fields will vary.
Open the lab report (PDF, 180 KB) for phosphorus, potassium and trace minerals
Xylem Plus plot data
Plot reports from 2022 and 2023 across South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa and Nebraska, including Iowa State University plot research. The original reports were hosted by Ag Performance and are no longer available at those links.
2023
- Corn
- Bradshaw, NE; Buffalo Center, IA; Mahnomen, MN; Minden, NE; Trimont, MN; Watertown, SD; Wessington Springs, SD
- Soybeans
- Buffalo Center, IA; Ormsby, MN
- Sunflowers
- Woonsocket, SD
2022
- Corn
- Buffalo Center, IA; Emmetsburg, IA; Faulkton, SD (2 plots); Frost, MN; Gibbons, MN; Mallard, IA; Ormsby, MN; Ringsted, IA; Iowa State University plot research
- Soybeans
- Garner, IA; Trimont, MN
[Client to provide: current copies of these plot reports]
Trial sheets
The original side-by-side sheets behind the results above, plus older EnerG Plus plot data.
[Client to provide: results from the 2024–2026 seasons, and any drone application or STP blade trials]
- Trial dataBuffalo Center, IA soybean treatment comparisonPDF, 83 KB
- Trial dataBuffalo Center, IA corn product comparisonPDF, 83 KB
- Trial dataXylem Plus & EnerG Plus comparison, Estherville, IAPDF, 81 KB
- Trial dataPast plot data using EnerG Plus (scanned grower sheets)PDF, 1.1 MB
- Trial dataNutriFoliar Plus vs. none — corn tissue samples, West Bend, IAPDF, 180 KB
- Trial dataNutriFoliar Plus net return, West Bend, IA organic cornPDF, 100 KB
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