May 25, 2021 • The #CornWatch21 field was planted April 25. Half the corn field was conventionally tilled following soybeans, and half was no-tilled into soybean stubble.
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Jan. 25, 2021 • Despite ups and downs all season — largely related to the environment — when the final yield was tallied, the Corn Watch ’20 field was impressive. The 37-acre field averaged just over 221 bushels per acre of dry corn.
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Oct. 27, 2020 | Some plants which emerged four days or more behind the first plants in the Corn Watch ‘20 field still produced decent ears. In a few cases, plants which emerged on time struggled. What we saw wasn’t as black-and-white as you might think.
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Oct. 1, 2020 | Dave Nanda, Ph.D., recently pointed out a number of differences between two hybrids planted side-by-side in the Corn Watch ’20 plot.
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August 20, 2020 | A plant was struggling to exist in the Corn Watch ‘20 field. Its diameter was much smaller than the plant next to it, and it was several growth stages behind. Two days difference in emergence should not result in that kind of difference.
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June 12, 2020 | Many variables should be considered when applying nitrogen to corn such as location, soil, plant height and timing.
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June 1, 2020 | Ten consecutive rows in one planter pass of a 24-row planter were included in the Corn Watch ’20 emergence test.
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May 26, 2020 | How much delay in emergence does it take to end up with corn plants that don’t produce as big of an ear, or no ear at all? Dave Nanda, Ph.D., director of genetics, will attempt to answer that question by monitoring the Corn Watch ’20 field.
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May 26, 2020 | “As long as the growing point below ground didn’t freeze, we knew plants would recover,” Dave Nanda, SGD director of genetics, said. “The growing point is the key.”
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