Tips to a Higher Corn Yield – Hybrid Seed Corn
- Ensure you are using quality hybrid seed corn and that adequate nutrition is available within the first 42 days
- Good fertility, adequate moisture and cool nights is preferable
- Invest in a quality planter – this is one of the most important pieces of equipment on a farm
- Plant 2 inches deep when soil temperatures are 57 degrees and colder and 2.25 inches deep at 60 degrees or warmer, especially after mid-May
- Err on the heavy side of packer wheel pressures and put your nitrogen at sidedress versus all up front
Tips to a Higher Corn Yield – Organic Seed Corn
- Ensure you are using quality organic seed corn
- Invest in a quality planter – this is one of the most important pieces of equipment on a farm
- Plant 2 inches deep when soil temperatures are 57 degrees and colder and 2.25 inches deep at 60 degrees or warmer, especially after mid-May
- Err on the heavy side of packer wheel pressures
- Do not plant in front of a cold heavy rain, and do not plant deeper than 2 inches if it is cold and wet
- Use the right manure—match manure to the N P K amounts you need
- Buy your fertilizer from a company that specializes in an Organic fertility program
- Be proactive on weed management and kill weeds before they emerge