corn made it!

[brian99]

After years of corn silage we tried grain corn for the first time. With the cold, wet, miserable summer that was 2010, I had just about given up hope. What a bone headed move. After the hard frost friday night (the third we've had), I went and checked the last field seeded. It was good enough. Corn was dented and the black line was there. Moved ahead alot since I had checked last. Crazy! I guess we're combining corn. If I can figure it out, I'll post a picture of some random cobs I picked to see how they dry down.<img src="Paste Here"/>http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=4919924&id=530907495

[furrowtickler]

corn in our area looks awesome as well but seeded a biy too late. Gona be an interesting grain crop in western Canada within 3-5 years.

[brian99]

Really crazy year, especially the last month. Wheat stood still, canola stood still, corn finished. Figure that out.

[ColevilleH2S]

What variety?

[brian99]

Dekalb/Monsanto DKC 26-79

[Klause]

Not surprising. Pioneer grain corn has made it here the last 3 years... We'll be having soybeans and corn in the rotation next spring. To hell with growing low-grossing small grains [barley, wheat, peas]... If we can reliably grow soybeans and corn watch out to what land values will do... $400 - $500/ac gross crops will def. make land go upwards.

[brian99]

Corn looks like it might work here. We have yet to see what this stuff yields. I'm hoping 140 plus vs 90 for HRS. The bonus is the stover. I'm figuring $100 per acre in grazing vs less than $50 for wheat.

Soybeans don't seem to work here yet. Guys saying 40 bpa and up, but I'm hearing lots of 20s as well.