Maizex Territory Manager Kirk Van Will reminds you to watch for uneven corn when scouting your fields. What are the causes? Planter problems or something that occurred after emergence?
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The New Maizex Nitrogen Tracker 4.5
The Maizex N Tracker will allow corn producers to assess nitrogen recommendations on a single spreadsheet. The spreadsheet will include both field based and soil nitrogen testing based recommendations. The fundamental calculations in this spreadsheet are based on the OMAFRA N Calculator or OMAFRA PSNT Recommendations with some enhancements and adjustments made based on years…
Towards Better Hybrid Characterization
Getting the right hybrid in the right place under the right management can lead to increased profitability. However, to accomplish this we need to have a good understanding of a hybrid’s unique characteristics. With the clock ticking on a hybrid’s commercial life expectancy, there is a need to act fast and to come at it…
Introducing the Maizex P and K Tracker
Fine tuning our nutrient applications is an ongoing process. Phosphorus management in Ontario is important on two fronts; ensuring we have productive soils to maintain high yields as well as reducing losses to water sources. Soil test K levels that have fallen in the last 10 years pose a threat to increasing yields. As farms…
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…
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,…
Spring Tillage Tips
Some last minute reminders on spring tillage: Greg StewartMaizex Seeds Agronomy Lead…
Do you know how to calculate nutrient removal?
Who can tell me how much phosphorus (P2O5) and potassium (K2O) was removed by crops over the last three growing seasons? This question was posed to the audience at the SouthWest Ag Conference by Peter Johnson with little response. Fertilizer is a large production expense and the ability to monitor its use is becoming more…
Trying New Hybrids – Avoid the Common Pitfall
What do you do when you “try” a new hybrid or company for the first time? Often only a few bags are bought targeted for half of a planter next to another hybrid. Growers have good intentions when splitting planters, however, it often misleads hybrid performance and may complicate harvest. New hybrids are rigorously tested…
Plot Results – What am I looking for?
As yield results are examined this fall and winter, keep in mind some good guiding principles. Multiple Locations – data from a single location is only a snapshot of performance and may not provide a complete picture of a product’s potential. Weather, insects, disease and plant populations are just a few variables that will affect…