April 11, 2024
My biggest tip for corn growers concerning corn planting date: use the NDAWN website to monitor soil temperatures in the weeks leading up to planting and […]
April 5, 2024
If you search our online blogs for “temperature and planting,” 28 articles have been written since 2014! By far, it is our most popular topic. Living […]
May 8, 2023
There are three factors that indicate it’s time to plant corn: the calendar, soil temperature and soil moisture. Of those three, calendar and temperature can be […]
May 25, 2022
How Late Can I Plant Corn? With this spring’s challenging weather, I’m asked multiple times a day: “How late can I plant corn?” Planting status across […]
April 7, 2022
I am 25 years into this life of agronomy, and some things never change: Quality-in still equals quality-out! The very first thing I learned all those […]
March 31, 2022
While it may not feel like it everywhere, spring is definitely on the way. Along with the excitement that comes with warming temps and melting snowbanks […]
April 8, 2021
It seems every year we could all use a refresher on when it’s time to roll those planters. Looking at the current NOAA 6-10 and 8-14 […]
April 2, 2021
The current dry soil planting profile presents a set of challenges we haven’t faced in a number of years. But before we delve into that too […]
May 28, 2020
The corn is emerging and now is the best time to walk your fields and assess your planting quality. There are two methods I use to determine population. The “row length” evaluation […]
April 3, 2019
The snow is melting and the black of the fields in the Red River Valley is starting to show through. Although corn planting is still a […]
December 13, 2018
If you’ve been following our blog for awhile you’re probably aware of an annual research/pet project our resident “corn whisperer”, Mike Larson conducts every growing season. […]
March 15, 2018
Ideal Date for Planting Corn Can you feel it? Spring will be here soon and with the promise of April comes the inevitable debate of when […]