Planting
To optimize yield, producers must try to use an optimum seeding rate, planting date, row spacing, etc. However, these factors are continually changing. For example, why are seeding rates increasing and planting dates becoming earlier? Find information here that addresses these questions and other topics that are important before and during planting.
Extension Newsletter Articles
Planting Date
Tri-modal planting dates for corn in 2007
Planting date trends
Corn planting dates
Corn planting: Consider soil temperature and date
Hybrids adjust to delayed planting dates
Planting date considerations for corn following corn
Polymer coatings for early planted corn
Replanting
Determining yield potential for a problematic stand
Impact of early season frost (before V4)
Replant checklist
Plant Population
Seeding Rates in Relation to Maximum Yield and Seed Costs
Corn seeding rates and variable-rate seeding
Evaluate seeding rate relative to seed cost
Plant population considerations for corn following corn
Row Spacing
What row spacing is best?
Planter Speed and Uniformity
How does planter speed
affect plant spacing?
Tillage
not found to affect plant space uniformity
How to measure plant to plant spacing in corn
Accurate tools for
measuring plant uniformity
Miscellaneous
Do corn kernel size and shape matter?
