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…
Recent silage testing has shown that corn silage maturities are advancing quickly. Tests in Southwestern Ontario averaged 68% moisture this week. That puts us into ideal silage moisture content for harvest as early as next week. We normally expect corn to drop around 0.5% in moisture a day or around 3% a week. Note that hot,…
Every year is different, and 2021 is no exception. With record high crop prices, an early planting window across most of Canada, and now a wet July in Eastern Canada, it has never been more favourable for a fungicide application for your corn silage crop. In our Maizex agronomy work over the last number of…
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…
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…
Our agronomist, Pascal Larose, discusses the importance of knowing the amount of silage fed per day to the herd before choosing a type of hybrid. Our range of FeastPlus silage corn, with both leafy and leafy-floury types, is very advantageous when large amounts of silage are fed in the ration. See why in this video…
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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