A crop scientist says there is no significant yield advantage to planting in late March or early April. Emerson NafzigerĀ is with the University of Illinois.
“It’s not terribly risky to plant that early, but also there’s not a lot of reward for it” says Nafziger.
He tells Brownfield weather conditions during the growing season determines yields more than the planting date.
“The best year we’ve ever had for corn was in 2014.
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