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Weigh Early Corn Planting Against Weather Factors
2013-04-17 18:14:00| National Hog Farmer
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Early-Season Corn Production Concerns: Planting Date
2013-04-16 21:44:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Source: University of Illinois "As usual, planting delays raise questions about the likely magnitude of corn acreage and the potential impact on average yields. Some indication of the potential acreage impact of continued delays in planting is revealed in the historic acreage response in years of late planting," says Darrel Good, University of Illinois ag economist. read more
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Prevent Sidewall Compaction When Planting Corn this Spring
2013-03-29 19:41:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Source: DuPont Pioneer With the potential for wet soils in some areas of the country this spring, compaction may be an issue during planting. Sidewall compaction in wet soils can be a problem, especially if the crop is mudded-in and a dry spell occurs after planting. read more
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Drought Effects on 2013 Corn Planting: Plant Population and Maturity Group
2013-02-13 22:17:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Source: Farmgate blog You are paying $4 for 1,000 kernels of seed corn, and with great precision, bury them, kernel by kernel, bag after bag after bag. The late Paul Harvey would define that as optimism. But if you are burying that seed in dry soil, should you plant at a higher or lower population than usual? And what about maturity; should it be earlier or later than normal? Your seed corn bill will have at least five digits, and six digits for many larger farms, and by spending that much money, your decision has to reflect more science than optimism. read more
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