Test Plots
Harvest is wrapping up for the Farm Journal Test Plots. Ken Ferrie shares preliminary observations on soybean planting date, 15" versus 30" rows, sulfur products, corn planter fertility and corn fungicide plots.
Farm Journal Test Plots show strong yield responses to placement, product combinations.
For several years, Missy Bauer, Farm Journal Field Agronomist, has been in the market for a planter — specifically a corn planter she could call her own to use in plots.
Farm Journal Test Plot data shows an earlier harvest can reap up to 15 bu.
Match hybrids to offensive and defensive management zones.
Farm Journal Field Agronomist Ken Ferrie shares what he’s learned through the years to add on bushels.
Farm Journal Field Agronomist Missy Bauer has found the amount a hybrid flexes is dependent on the year and environment but how it flexes is consistent. The same is true for length and depth of hybrids.
April planting increased yield even with a freeze.
Gated tile systems can help deal with troublesome issues.
Soil density and water availability significantly impact corn development, as the Farm Journal test plots reveal.