For a number of years, I have been planting my dryland grazing corn with my air drill because that is the equipment that I had available, and I didn’t know if spending the money on a custom planter would be worth it. My ‘target’ plant population with the air drill was 32,000 plants per acre…
Seeding conditions this spring have been drier in Western Canada due to the lack of snowpack and patchy rain events. Many growers are finding that the top 1–1.5” of soil is dry but that there is moisture below that point. This shouldn’t present too many issues when it comes to corn germination if the seed…
The weather is fine, and the optimum planting window will open within few days in many areas. When looking at the historical data, sowing between April 30 and May 10 will achieve maximum yield in corn. Sowing before and after these dates decreases the yield potential. Some essential points that should not be overlooked before…
In case you missed the live webinar from April 1st, a recording is now available for you to watch on-demand. This webinar featured a planter walk-through with Canadian planter expert Shaun Dilliott and Maizex Lead Agronomist Greg Stewart. Their presentation was followed by a live Q&A session in which many valuable questions were asked by the viewers. We…
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…
Some very cold planting season temperatures have growers anxiously awaiting corn emergence. Generally speaking, it takes 150 to 180 crop heat units (CHUs) to get corn from planting to emergence. Soil texture and moisture content, residue cover, sunshine intensity, and planting depth can all impact how quickly the CHUs (measured with air temperatures) can translate…
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…
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….
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…
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