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Stand establishment critical for early planted corn and soybean

May 10, 2021 2:06 PM
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Planting conditions in April were pretty good for planting. In fact, there were many reports of planting in early April. Unfortunately, April was much cooler and dryer than normal. Early planted corn and soybean took longer to germinate and emerge because of these cooler conditions. Additionally, as the dry conditions persisted there was a lot of talk about what planting depth to – plant deeper into soil moisture or plant at normal depths hoping for rain.

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Check stand establishment of April planted corn

May 3, 2017 9:11 AM
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The cold, rainy weather this past weekend has presented challenging conditions for corn fields that have already been planted. Now that the weather is improving it’s good to start thinking about what the consequences might be and what to look for. Heat unit accumulation has been negligible since April 26. Rainfall had been near the climatological average prior to the recent rains. The effect of this weather pattern has resulted in April planted corn taking more days to emerge. And that will be no different with corn planted the last week of April.

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