As farmers going into spring, the main goal should be to plant your corn at the right time. Risk management is part of your daily life, and planting is one of the risk factors that must be properly assessed. Many farmers ask, “Am I better to sow early in cold soil or wait for the…
Tag: Grain Corn
Maizex Moving: Corn Planter Setup Tips
In this episode of Maizex Moving, we take a tour of a corn planter to highlight key issues that growers should do a final check on before heading into the field….
SeedRight Recommendations
Mother Nature rarely produces the exact same seed size year in and year out in a seed-corn crop. This reality, combined with the investments being made today in precision-planting systems, underscores the need to fine-tune planters to deliver the best singulation and uniformity possible. This is why our research and agronomy departments launched the Maizex…
Maizex Moving – Planting Stages Management
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Maizex Moving: No-Till and Cover Crop Strategies
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Early Corn Evaluation
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Plotting for Success
Spring is here but it’s not too late to plan for in-field trials. Trials can take very little work and will provide valuable information to help make better decisions to your bottom line. I challenge you to do one replicated trial on your farm, it could take as little as 30 minutes during planting and…
Planting Early? Be Aware!
The meeting circuit this past winter has provided some thoughts on things to try for this coming year. One topic that has repeated itself over the past few years is the advantage to planting early and pushing the planting window as early as possible. The biggest advantage discussed is always yield, however less frequently mentioned…
Gaining that EXTRA bushel! – Winter Management
As I sit in my office; looking out the window at the thermometer reading negative 15°C, the sun is shining on me with its intense heat. Days are getting longer, and spring is around the corner. Now is the time we should be increasing our monitoring of stored grain. Specialist suggest routinely monitoring our stored…
Maizex Moving – Choosing Nitrogen Rates to Maximize Profitability
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