Just had a guy at Bomgaars today from Nebraska, 61/2 hours west of Algona. He showed me his moisture since 1-1-25. It showed 0.00”.
2025 field work
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BTO’s planting like crazy, Federal Crop keeps lowering planting dates. April 10 this year. Lot of beans planted early and I am planting corn tomorrow on bottom ground that can get wet, no-till to keep moisture loss down;1 inch f rain since March 1.
Here coop agronomist, Hoegemeyer rep, and Pioneer agronomist said go for it, barring a couple varieties with lackluster vigor.
I suppose the suggestions are region-dependent. I know if I didn't have to button up a few things with fertilizer I'd load the planter up and put some in the ground on some farms that are fit now but if they get some more moisture could turn into not so much fun.
If your soil conditions are fit there's really no reason not to be running right now. Ground temps are there, forecast is good, rain this weekend isn't going to be cold rain. Looks like a perfect window to me.
I always used to be in group calling the early planters crazy, but consistently year over year their yields have proven me wrong.
USDA has moved their growing zone designations north over the past several years from what we grew up with so to a degree this is sound logic. In our area however, corn farmers have backed away from that "first in the field mentality" after a couple back to back years with lower yields on the earliest planted corn. Even though conditions were forecasted to trend in the right direction, they didn't. With todays increase in machinery size the time necessary to plant the entire crop is significantly smaller so there is less need to push the planting window. Also, varieties dry down in the field quicker than they used to and genetics on shorter season varieties have closed the gap on fuller season yields so planting strategies have also changed. One could argue that the economic impact is less waiting that extra week in the spring than the risk of planting too early. Just chiming in with another point of view and hoping all of you have a successful year however you approach it. Remember, you only get one chance to do it right. (Unless you have to replant, then you get two!
)In our area, it’s been our experience that the only advantage of planting early is getting the planter tuned up. The size of the planters negates the time needed to hit the sweet spot window. The best consistent yields have been when the soil is warmed up for quick emergence and even stands with no stress. The wider planters have allowed for slower ground speed which has eliminated seed bounce and poor spacing. We like to hit the April 20 to May 5 window.
Hey, I was trying to find the thread on Landus Coop and did not have any luck. Did it get caved?
Not saying it’s the case but when you hear hooves you always think of zebras right? He who shall not be named was the head of a certain company that if you look around the athletics their name appears a lot of times maybe even on the floor…and lots involvement with maybe a collective.
Some high powered donors for ISU and Wewill didn't like the direction of the thread.
Not just donors, one of the We Will folks is directly affiliated with said company.
