The Central Indiana Practical Farm Research (PFR) location is located at Beck’s Hybrids headquarters at 6767 E. 276th St. in Atlanta, IN. The Central Indiana PFR site features more than 220 acres dedicated to PFR and replicated plot research and is also home to Beck's annual Becknology™ Days.

On average, the Central Indiana PFR site conducts over 80 studies each year! Unique to this location is the 400 Bushel Attempt. This study is equipped with tile drainage to keep water off the field early, linear irrigation to get water to the plants during key times such as pollination and even drip irrigation to spoon feed necessary nutrients to the plant within the season.
 

The Iowa Practical Farm Research location is located at 11250 Federal Ave. in Colfax, IA with 78 acres dedicated to replicated PFR plot research.

Because this location is the furthest west of all our PFR sites, we encounter issues here that our less prominent at our other PFR sites. These issues include greater Sudden Death Syndrome (SDS) in our soybeans and both the perks and challenges of soils with higher organic matter.
 

The Central Illinois Practical Farm Research location is located at 90 N. Fayette St. in El Paso, IL. This location has over 80 acres dedicated to PFR replicated plot research. In addition to PFR, this facility also has staff and space dedicated to seed processing and distribution.

Formerly at Downs, IL our Central Illinois PFR site moved to El Paso in Illinois in early 2018.
 

The Southern Illinois Practical Farm Research location is located near the cross at 2100 Bourgeois Dr. Effingham, IL. This location has 100 acres dedicated to PFR studies. In addition to PFR, this facility has a distribution warehouse.

This location has a total of 10 acres focused on water management practices. Within these water management studies, we are testing things such as tile spacing and depth, drip irrigation, and both manual and sensor based sub-irrigation.

The Kentucky Practical Farm Research location was established for customers in southern Indiana, southern Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee. This site located at 5741 Airline Rd. Henderson, KY has 160 acres dedicated to PFR replicated plot studies. In addition to PFR, this facility has a distribution warehouse and provides additional agronomic support to customers.

This location is our southernmost site and allows for research in later maturing soybeans as well as longer season hybrids during the summer months. During winter months, this site puts out the greatest amount of wheat plots as there are more wheat acres located in this part of the country.

The Ohio Practical Farm Research site is located near the Farm Science Review, along I-70 and U.S. 40 (720 U.S. 40 NE London, OH). This location has approximately 135 acres dedicated to replicated PFR plot research. In addition to PFR, this facility also has a distribution warehouse.

Unique to this location is collaborative research with The Ohio State University. Approximately 80 acres are dedicated to this collaborative effort. In addition, a long-term tile spacing study has been implemented in which PFR collects data while the USDA-ARS and Ohio State University Extension work to study water quality through the Field to Faucet Initiative.