Located in Wisconsin’s aptly named Central Sands region, Hancock Agricultural Research Station might just usher in a new era for corn growers in Wisconsin and around the world. “We’re so lucky to have Hancock station,” says Ané, whose work is supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. About half the plants of each hybrid corn variety get fertilized like a typical Wisconsin corn field. The scale of the experiment – 152 hybrids, 1,400 plots and more than 200,000 total corn plants — is staggering. “But they get excited, and really they have one question for us: When will I be able to plant these plants?”