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<blockquote data-quote="SRBeef" data-source="post: 799964" data-attributes="member: 7509"><p>The corn population is right around 30,000/acre on 30" rows. This gives an in row plant to plant spacing of 7.0". I think I am close to that as you see in the side view. It looks a bit thinner because it is thin in the outer rows after the wild turkeys and pheasant get their cut of seed right after planting. Overall this is a good 180 bu/a or higher stand.</p><p></p><p>The other reason it looks "thin" is that we have had 45 mph + winds recently and a lot of the leaves especially in the outer rows have blown away leaving just the stalks and ears.</p><p></p><p>I don't know if a non-corn grower would appreciate it so much but what is amazing is that almost 100% of the stalk and ears are still standing and held above the maybe 20" of snow on the ground after the weather we've had. This is an extremely good corn variety, palatable yet strong and yields well. This strip is about 100 ft wide since I've found it works better for grazing to have long narrow strips between my semi-permanent single 14ga steel wire on T post fences. Then I don't have to drive over as much corn putting in the cross wires as I would in a more traditional rectangular cornfield. The cross wires are all only about 100 ft long.</p><p></p><p>This corn has been strip tilled corn on corn in the same spot for the past 6 years. A process that let's me grow corn like this with minimal equipment, hp, tillage, fertilizer and at the same time build up this clay hillside soil.</p><p></p><p>I will have hay out for the steers all during their corn grazing so the main thing for me is that the ears are still there and held up high. The steers will actually be consuming whole ear corn rather than just shelled grain. My goal is to produce a corn finished beef but with the steers doing the harvesting work (and manure handling) rather than me doing the work. Still fine-tuning the process but lots of good reports on last years product.</p><p></p><p>fwiw. Jim</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRBeef, post: 799964, member: 7509"] The corn population is right around 30,000/acre on 30" rows. This gives an in row plant to plant spacing of 7.0". I think I am close to that as you see in the side view. It looks a bit thinner because it is thin in the outer rows after the wild turkeys and pheasant get their cut of seed right after planting. Overall this is a good 180 bu/a or higher stand. The other reason it looks "thin" is that we have had 45 mph + winds recently and a lot of the leaves especially in the outer rows have blown away leaving just the stalks and ears. I don't know if a non-corn grower would appreciate it so much but what is amazing is that almost 100% of the stalk and ears are still standing and held above the maybe 20" of snow on the ground after the weather we've had. This is an extremely good corn variety, palatable yet strong and yields well. This strip is about 100 ft wide since I've found it works better for grazing to have long narrow strips between my semi-permanent single 14ga steel wire on T post fences. Then I don't have to drive over as much corn putting in the cross wires as I would in a more traditional rectangular cornfield. The cross wires are all only about 100 ft long. This corn has been strip tilled corn on corn in the same spot for the past 6 years. A process that let's me grow corn like this with minimal equipment, hp, tillage, fertilizer and at the same time build up this clay hillside soil. I will have hay out for the steers all during their corn grazing so the main thing for me is that the ears are still there and held up high. The steers will actually be consuming whole ear corn rather than just shelled grain. My goal is to produce a corn finished beef but with the steers doing the harvesting work (and manure handling) rather than me doing the work. Still fine-tuning the process but lots of good reports on last years product. fwiw. Jim [/QUOTE]
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