Posted by 2002sliverado on August 30, 2018 at 14:17:29 from (216.16.75.34):
In Reply to: corn planting depth posted by bradley martin on August 29, 2018 at 18:45:32:
I found this topic of discussion to be rather intriguing. I would be very interested to find out what universities are researching and talking about this. I live and farm in southern Minnesota. I have been actively farming the family farm since 2006, while having some decision making roles on this farm since 1991. I grew up on that farm and have had a passion about its success and ability to raise crops. I have been involved in the agronomic decisions since 1991 and the selection of corn hybrids and soybean varieties since around 1997. I went to the U of M for agricultural business and applied economics, finishing there in 1989. I went in to the agronomy field in 1990 and obtained my certification for crop advising in 1996. As I think back to all the training, the workshops, and the continuing education sessions, the 1.5 to 2.0 inch planting depth has been the generally accepted norm in our country. I tend to err towards the 2 inch planting depth with my own corn production. I have diagnosed a fair number of "issues" in the field during early growth, when the seedlings showed some sort of problems, accompanied by too shallow of a planting depth. I have been "tweaking" various parts of my corn production since I started in the agronomy field in 1991, simply trying to slowly and decisively increase yield. I have experienced crusting challenges after planting. I am questioning some of the practices we have accepted and embraced in more recent times, simply because of what I see in the field in both corn and soybean production. Once again, we had a challenging spring to try and plant our crops into this past May and June, as April was totally out of the question. I am not necessarily questioning or challenging the points raised, Leroy. I would ask for you to share the sources of your information, as I would like to find out more for myself and even ask some of the agronomy staff at the U of M, when the time arrives. I just think we would have some serious issues in our part of the country, especially under difficult early season conditions, like we have seen the past two years.
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