Today would have been my parent’s anniversary. One year when Mother’s Day and their anniversary fell on the same day, dad got mom a new harrow.
2025 field work
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My dad has modified that saying to:
You can work on Sunday, as long as you go to church first.
I think it's a pretty good rule. Our church service is also at 8;45, so I can be home by 10.
Well my 3 yr old grand niece was excited yesterday. The sweet corn I gave her is emerging.
Her and her mom are raising sweet corn Pilgrim style - corn 1st, then after the corn gets so tall plant pole (?)beans then after that comes up plant squash or pumpkins.
It was only 16 seeds but boy she sure is enthused.
Her and her mom are raising sweet corn Pilgrim style - corn 1st, then after the corn gets so tall plant pole (?)beans then after that comes up plant squash or pumpkins.
It was only 16 seeds but boy she sure is enthused.
Here’s a chart from our very own university. Not worth it to plant corn in early April. Soybeans highest yield potential is the earliest you can plant them.
Seems like to do it right, you probably start on beans, switch to corn in late April, then switch back once the corn is in. Switching out planters is not what I’d call a fun job, but if we had a dedicated bean planter, that’s what I’d do.
A lot of customers I work with have purchased older used corn planters as dedicated bean planters. You really don’t need all the fancy bells and whistles for soybeans.
Large operations are now planting corn and beans at the same time.
Most people have two planters anymore around here. Even the guys with 160 acres lol.
At least make it worth her while, raccoons will only have an appetizer.Well my 3 yr old grand niece was excited yesterday. The sweet corn I gave her is emerging.
Her and her mom are raising sweet corn Pilgrim style - corn 1st, then after the corn gets so tall plant pole (?)beans then after that comes up plant squash or pumpkins.
It was only 16 seeds but boy she sure is enthused.
According to your charts. April 25 is the optimum planting date. Charts show no soybeans planted before April 25. Corn is planted before in early April.
The charts show that yields are somewhat level after that till early May for corn. And late May for soybeans.
I think you may have just answered your own question.
Yep and low moisture results in a poor/fragile seed coat. Minimal handling is critical with low moisture beans.
Part of that is later day beans making there way further north...
Not really what the chart says though, the soybean data doesn't even start until nearly May, whereas the corn chart is the middle of April. If you map the corn data to the beans data it's also at the peak of the curve in late April.
The small hit on the curve for earlier planting corn could easily be ascribed to freeze risk or slow/poor seedling emergence, factors that beans can also suffer.
Indeed the actual recommendation is quite neutral on the topic: https://crops.extension.iastate.edu/post/early-soybean-planting-considerations#:~:text=If all acres can be,corn and soybean in Iowa.
There's been some data from other universities pointing to early planting advantages but from what I've seen the ISU data hasn't found the same gains so far.
Be curious to know where you're seeing later beans move North. I would say the overall industry trend is the opposite and most folks have moved half to a full maturity group earlier.
Not where I’m at on the MN border. Used to be 1.5-1.9. Now 2.3-2.5 beans. 103 corn used to be the late stuff, now 108-110 is common. 103 is the early stuff.
