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Every year, the process of growing a crop starts in the spring with planting. Which hybrids are you planting? What planter are you using at what settings? There are a multitude of decisions to make when it comes time to plant your crop. Find the latest information on all aspects of planting your crop here.
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  • May 14, 2013
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    May 13 Crop Progress: Corn Nearly 1/3 Planted, Soybean Planting Lagging

    Farmers across corn-producing states made decent progress in the last week, going from 12% planted on May 5 to 28% of the overall corn crop planted by May 12. This is still well behind the five-year average of 65% planted....More
  • May 7, 2013
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    May 6, 2013 Crop Progress Report: Corn 12% Planted, Soybean Planting Started

    Corn planting progressed a bit last week, moving up 7 points from the week before to 12% planted overall. The five-year average is 47% planted, and last year the overall corn planting progress was 69% at this time. North Carolina and Texas have the most corn in the ground at 89% and 70% completed so far, and slightly behind the five-year averages for each state....More
  • May 3, 2013
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    Plant Corn Based on Field Conditions, Not Calendar Date

    Last year, farmers didn't have nearly enough rain for their wilted, drought-ravaged crops. So far this year, they have too much of it – so much that they can't get into their fields to work them for corn planting....More
  • May 2, 2013
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    Full-Season Corn Hybrids Still Yield With Late Planting

    Farmers across the Corn Belt are eager to start planting corn or are in the early stages of planting their 2013 crop. If cool, wet weather continues, planting will be delayed for many growers and prompt questions about switching to earlier-season corn hybrids....More
  • Apr. 30, 2013
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    Waiting To Start Spring Field Work

    Like the start of a big race, or the beginning of a championship game, farmers in Minnesota and Iowa are eagerly awaiting the initiation of full-scale field work. Very cool temperatures and moist soil conditions have existed across the region during most of the month of April, resulting in cold soil temperatures and soil conditions that have not been conducive to the initiation of corn planting in Minnesota and Iowa....More
  • Apr. 30, 2013
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    Corn Planting Progress Slow; 5% Planted Overall

    The latest Crop Progress Report from USDA puts overall corn planted at just 5%. This is only 1 point ahead of last week, and is 26 points behind the five-year average. (Is it necessary to mention that last year nearly half of the overall corn crop was in the ground? Probably not.)...More
  • Apr. 24, 2013
    Article

    7 Corn Planting Tips for 2013

    While so many farmers in the Corn Belt are waiting for the soils to warm up, now is a great time to think about some corn planting logistics: tillage, row spacing, seeding depth and more. Roger Elmore, Iowa State University, offers the following tips for corn planting as we head into spring 2013....More
  • Apr. 23, 2013
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    Corn Planting Progress Limited

    U.S. corn planting is progressing at the slowest rate in 20 years as producers were able to plant only 2% of their crop during the week ended Sunday due to cold, wet weather....More
  • Apr. 21, 2013
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    Enogen Corn Hybrid’s Amylase Enzyme Boosts Ethanol Plant Efficiency

    Jim Peterson’s corn contains a magic ingredient: alpha amylase. This ethanol-fermenting enzyme arrives at the plant on the cob, along with the starch for brewing ethanol, as part of Syngenta Enogen corn hybrids....More
  • Apr. 19, 2013
    Article

    Seed Science: Seed Germination

    Think about what one single seed does for you as a farmer. A single corn seed that weighs 1/100th of an ounce has the ability to be placed in dirt, germinate, grow into a plant 7-10+ ft. tall and multiply the grain yield 500 fold. No manmade machine possesses an equivalent ability to perform a comparable feat....More
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