This time of year is very common for herbicide applications to be made in both corn and soybeans. While scouting and spraying your crops, it is important to properly identify the growth stage to avoid herbicide injury and maintain proper weed control. Below are a few tips to help you stage your crops over the…
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Seedbed and Corn Stand Evaluations
Before we let corn planter performance and early corn stands get too far into the rearview mirror, here are a few observations from Spring 2016. 1. Residue Management High residue situations can improve soil structure and water infiltration, but residue pinched into the seed trench or interfering with emergence may set a plant back so…
Critical Management Period for Corn
You are in the process of planting your highest yielding corn crop. How high can you aim for? Hopefully the most important rule of planting corn was obeyed – plant only when fit. Your next actions to come will greatly influence your success in obtaining that yield number you were wishing to achieve. Nitrogen Management…
The Hot, Dry Season Strategy
There are some reasonably credible weather predictions that 2016 may be warmer and drier than usual. Is it reasonable to consider some strategies that could capitalize on opportunities or mitigate the losses that extreme weather might bring our way? I think so. However, you will need to assess my suggestions as to whether they are…
Late Nitrogen Insights
There is unprecedented interest and investment in applying nitrogen on corn later in the season. By later, we mean applications that are beyond the traditional planting or sidedress timings and generally between the V10 to VT (tassel emergence) stages. Some key questions need to be considered as we aim to shift more of the corn…
Yield Loss at Harvest
As the 2015 corn harvest begins, it is a great time to remind ourselves of the optimum harvest conditions and where harvest losses could occur around the combine. Harvest timing is normally based upon stalk quality, field conditions, ear drop and grain moisture. Optimum grain moisture at harvest ranges from 22-25%; at this moisture level,…
Considerations on rescue nitrogen
High clearance equipment has expanded the possibilities for applying nitrogen right up to tassel time, especially in fields or parts of fields where N deficiencies are apparent. Here are a few considerations: Greg StewartMaizex Seeds Agronomy Lead…
Assessing Frost Damaged Corn and Soybeans – May 26, 2015
Key Considerations for Corn (See pictures to the right) Key Considerations for Soybeans (See pictures to the right) For further information, contact your Maizex representative. Greg Stewart, Maizex Agronomy Lead…
Importance of Corn Flowering Date Diversity
Corn pollination can easily be considered one of the most important periods of crop development. For a corn farmer, this time period of crop development and reproduction is what ultimately makes the grain. Any negative impact to a corn plant at this time can have significant consequences to overall grain production. Unlike other grain crops,…
Do you know your corn’s resume?
How much do you know about current hybrids that you have purchased? The Ontario Corn Committee announced last week that starting in 2015, they will run public management trials with top hybrids. However, until we have that information, I recommend you discuss the following with your seed dealer: Corn Nitrogen Response Picture A and Picture…