1. Check with a best-rate recommendation It is always good to take a look at recommendations based on good data. The Ontario N Calculator can serve as a reality check when other forces may convince you that you can’t grow 200 bu/acre corn without at least 200 lbs of fertilizer N. Here is a middle…
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Corn Emergence in a Cool Spring
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…
A Precaution on Planting Too Early
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…
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…
2019 Agronomy Summary: Western Edition
Learn about our expert agronomists’ key findings from 2019 in our downloadable summary focused on Western Canada….
2019 Agronomy Summary
Learn about our expert agronomists’ key findings from 2019 in our downloadable summary….
Maizex Moving: No-Till and Cover Crop Strategies
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Early Corn Evaluation
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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…