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Narrow row corn
Of note, is that Monsanto and Great Plains have teamed up this year to put together some very large replicated trials. We will have more data this year comparing different row systems and populatio...
Replied Oct 20
Narrow row corn
Big fan of adopting cropping practices to narrow rows, be it 20's or twins. Certainly utilizing soil is a big factor, but also don't forget light utilization. The lion share of our grain fill occur...
Replied Oct 20
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Couldn't agree more. I like to look at it like a horse and the saddle. You can put the fanciest saddle on an old beat up horse and still end up with an old beat up horse. Much is the same with corn. If the germplasm isn't fit for that particular r...
Of note, is that Monsanto and Great Plains have teamed up this year to put together some very large replicated trials. We will have more data this year comparing different row systems and populations than we have had collectively over the history ...
Big fan of adopting cropping practices to narrow rows, be it 20's or twins. Certainly utilizing soil is a big factor, but also don't forget light utilization. The lion share of our grain fill occurs from photosnythesis. A leaf in full sun receives...
The thing to remember with any living organism that is being used as a catylast for a bio-tech trait is that there will not always, in every field, be a yield advantage to its non traited counterpart. For example, who hasn't harvested a field of c...
Bob Collins, a fellow RSM, saw 7.34 bushel, or 11.20%, yield advantage with RR2Y over the original Roundup® Ready varieties. On Oct. 13, Bob harvested his Super Strip test plot just east of Nevada in central Iowa. Two of the 14 varieties in his pl...
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- At 2:48pm on October 27, 2009,
Jeff Caldwell said…
- Hey, any progress is good progress at this point, right?! Good to hear wheels are turning up there. I didn't see much action on the way in to the office this morning -- was awfully hazy and we had some pretty heavy frost as well. But, it's shaping up a pretty nice day, so I'm sure a lot of guys are running today to beat that rain that's coming in a couple days!
Hey, stay safe out there on the road!
Jeff
- At 10:41am on October 27, 2009,
Jeff Caldwell said…
- Any combines rolling up your way today, Nick?
- At 9:07am on October 15, 2009,
Jeff Caldwell said…
- My folks live in NW KS (grew up out there), and my dad was telling me somebody had told him they had 14 inches in North Platte, NE. I told him there was no way that was possible, that it had to have been a rumor. Looked it up and sure enough! They got over a foot there! Rough deal. I'm not ready for that yet!
- At 8:04am on October 15, 2009,
Jeff Caldwell said…
- Hey, Nick. Welcome to the group here! Glad to have you on board.
How are things looking up in your area? Been able to get much harvested before all this moisture? Have you had much of the white stuff yet? I almost fell over when I opened my garage door to see the snow falling Saturday morning. Not ready for that yet!
Anyway, thanks for looking us up! Hope you enjoy being a member. If you ever have any questions or anything, please feel free to drop me a line!
Stay safe out there!
Jeff Caldwell
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- At 11:07pm on October 14, 2009,
Nick said… - welcome....
Mark your calendar for the Farmers for the Future conference, February 16-17 in St. Louis, Missouri. Click here for more information and to register. See you there!
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