Staging Corn Maturity for Harvest
When will your corn be ready? There were early plantings and late planting this year and maturity in the field is following suit. Sixty days is the length of time, on average, that it ...
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When will your corn be ready? There were early plantings and late planting this year and maturity in the field is following suit. Sixty days is the length of time, on average, that it ...
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When will your corn be ready? There was early planting and late planting this year and maturity in the field is following suit. Sixty days is the length of time, on average, that it ...
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The cropping season is wrapping up. Unfortunately, shlogging through mud was too common for silage harvest. By now, corn silage is in storage and final hay harvests are being made. Yields are slightly above ...
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Last week, the SCNY Dairy & Field Crops Team held a traditional corn “burn down” at Ward & Van Scoy in Owego, but with a modern twist. John Winchell from Alltech brought his portable ...
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This season’s corn crop maturity is variable within field and between fields. Silking and tasseling in not uniform across most fields. You can see corn from knee high to early ear development in the ...
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With very few rain free days this spring, it seems like the principle of “Hay in a Day”, the catchy description of wide swathing, would allow harvest of some high quality hay crop even ...
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Is your corn ready? Planting was staggered this year and maturities are following suit. Sixty days, that’s the length of time, on average, that it takes for corn silage to mature from silking (pollination) ...
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It’s May 30, it’s topping 80 degrees and it feels like mid-summer. First cutting is underway with a vengeance. Clear alfalfa is close or exceeds three feet if it hasn’t lodged and just showing ...
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With winter settling in and harvest behind us, it’s a good time to reflect on the past growing season and to consider what went well and what adjustments could be made for future improvements ...
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