Producers Blog
One Extra Day
Mike Morrison (DSM, Region 5 – Iowa)
As you can see by the pictures, planting here in southwest Iowa has been a struggle. With the cold wet conditions hanging around for the third straight week, very few acres are in the ground. The calendar is the only thing telling us to get the corn in the ground. Right now, it looks like this week the weatherman might let us get going again.
We’re still in the 95 percentile of yield for the date if we have things planted by May 27-28, so lets make sure the field conditions are ideal before we go. Most growers can plant their corn in 7-10 days; so waiting that one extra day may be the right decision. A few growers are talking about switching to shorter season hybrids; again, I think waiting until the end of the month is a better option. We only get one chance a year to get the crop in right. Holding off a day might be the best choice.
