The two management points most likely to increase your soybean yield when soil conditions are adequate, with optimum pH and compaction well managed, are: 1. Planting date 2. Variety choice Sowing soybeans before May 15 will get the maximum yield from your soybeans. The yield decreases by 4% during the second half of May, while…
Category: Agronomy
The Maizex Corn Crop Planners for 2022
Make #Plant22 Your Best Yet! In these uncertain times, having plans in place for your cropping practices is more important than ever. Having a plan saves time and money. If you haven’t developed an approach for getting your crop plans recorded, Maizex would like to help with our easy-to-use crop planning tool. It is also…
2021 Agronomy Summary
Maizex is delighted to bring you the 2021 Agronomy Summary. This document provides the background, results, and conclusions from the key agronomy projects that we worked on in 2021. We hope that you will find it interesting and informative and that there are a few nuggets that will be applicable to your cropping operations in…
Management of Sclerotinia in Soybeans: Did you Make the Right Choice?
The 2020 season in Montérégie had the driest months of May and June in recent history. This was a performance-enhancing cocktail for soybeans due to the absence of sclerotinia (white mold), which usually steals the yield potential of varieties susceptible to this disease. Given the unusually dry period, the selection of the best-performing variety of…
Interpreting Your Corn Silage Analysis
Now that your corn silage has been harvested for 90 days, it is a good time to re-evaluate some of the key characteristics of that silage now that it has had time to ferment. Fermentation is the process that preserves your silage and allows it to become stable for a long period of time. The…
Tackling Corn Rootworm Resistance
There have been multiple cases of confirmed Corn Rootworm (CRW) resistance to rootworm-traited corn hybrids in Ontario, resulting primarily from where corn-on-corn has been the principle crop rotation. This is a concern as the viability of CRW traits are in question. Additionally, there are no new traits or traits that vary significantly from current technologies…
Maizex Moving: Early Nitrogen
With all the talk about late nitrogen, have we forgotten about how important N supply is to the early corn crop? In this episode of Maizex Moving, Greg Stewart explores the advantages of “supercharging” the row zone with extra N to boost yields. You can always explore your nitrogen plans with us by emailing info@maizex.com….
Maizex Moving: Corn Ear Count and Girth – Aiming Higher!
The Maizex experience in the 2020 Great Ontario Yield Tour leads us to two important observations: In this episode of Maizex Moving, Lead Agronomist Greg Stewart discusses these ideas and urges some forward-looking moves for 2021….
Silage Harvest Timing: Be Ready
The 2020 corn crop is significantly ahead of last year regarding maturity. Producers who are looking to harvest silage will need to be prepared to chop much earlier than last year. Quick estimates would put a May 5, 2020, planting date to be harvested for silage around September 10–15 this fall. If your corn tasseled…
Forage Soybeans: Variety Selection and Harvest Timing (French-language video)
In this video, our agronomist Pascal Larose discusses the advantages of choosing a soybean variety that is developed specifically for forage if you plan to grow soybeans for that purpose, as well as when the ideal timing occurs for silage harvest. He also outlines the many advantages of our Mammouth VI R2X soybean, including optimum…