Here is an update on 60 inch corn in west central Minnesota in the fall of 2021. Results keep coming in and they are looking very very promising! Stay tuned for more!
Good Video. To me it would be interesting to know, if due to the sunlight there is a difference in corn yield / cover crop biomass, whether the rows are planted in north-south or east-west direction. Is there any observations or knowledge about that?
I used to deliver straight cane sugar molasses (usually a cow feed supplement) to several farms more west from you. They told me they sprayed it around ¼-½ gallon per acre to feed the microbes in the soil.
Anybody tried 2 rows of 30” and then skip a row? So 30,60,30,60,3060 etc… in the 60’s you plant your companions to help the corn. Cowpeas, clover, etc. so each row of corn has companions next to it to help it. In the 30’s you interseed V4/V5 your cool season varieties that will live dormant (cereal rye for example). The companions help the corn and provide the biomass for the livestock post harvest and then your “relay cropping” the cool seasons in the 30’s that will be actively growing back after the first round of grazing vs the companions that got eaten and they’re done. Each row of corn gets the sunlight benefit of the 60” corn, but now “2/3” of your ground is growing a cash crop instead of “1/2”. You’ve got the diversity of even more species, and if it’s winter hits during harvest, you’ve got your cool seasons in the ground, and if it’s a hot harvest, the you may have time to get more cool season varieties planted back where the companions were. You can spread your risk around and react to changing variables outside your control (weather). It’s just an idea
I am MOST interested in 60" or even 80" Twin row as it allows one to use a wider range of planter hardware and allows one to plant at a HIGHER speed unlike single row double population which requires you drive half as fast. Very Good Info, but would love to know how many cow days you get per acre. No, I am not way up north in Minnesota, but info is still info and I always appreciate more info.
We know of some that are doing twin row 60 and it seems to be working very well for them. I would absolutely focus on what row spacings can work best for your current equipment inventory! As for the Grazing days we will track that and although it's much better than just corn stalks it is still highly variable. One thing for sure is that cows will gain more this way over grazing stalks alone.
@@covercropkings539 Thanks. I know my question is a bit uh... nuanced and problematic, just wondering if anyone has done the test for total number of cow days/acre as that is my TRUE goal for twin row/cover crops so I don't have to buy HAYAGE!
Depending on the hybrid, and population used, twin rows produced higher yields in our preliminary stages (PSD) of development of the solar corridor concept. The differential in favor of twin rows was so consistent that the hybrids we evaluated in the advanced study summaries* were all twin rows. As a check on our decision to delete the single rows in our advance stage development field studies (ASD) of the solar corridor concept, we entered a T1 (single row) treatment at one of our field locations. All but 1 (of 4) hybrids and 1 (of 4) populations or 1 of 16 hybrid by population combinations the twin row yields were consistently higher in twin rows. Since we didn’t continue the single rows in our ASD for more than 1 year and single rows came in so far under Twin row yields that we didn’t report single row results in any of our yield summaries and subsequently discontinued our T1 treatment, we didn’t reference single rows in any of our (Maize Research Unlimited) submissions. Your idea on Twin rows is sound. * summary data in the bar graphs in Chapter 2 of “The Solar Corridor Crop System: Implementation and Impacts.” 2019. Deichman & Kremer, Elsevier Academic Press and. In Yield Tables 1 - 14 in “A Planting Arrangement to Improve Crop Yields” issued as US Patent 6052941, see Claims 2 & 4.
I will look into this but I know they had very little rain from May - mid August and I seem to recall them saying they had 8 inches or so from mid August through harvest but I could be mistaken on that. I do know that they had a very dry summer and had much more moisture going into fall.
Looks great Cody! What drought.
Looking good!
Good Video. To me it would be interesting to know, if due to the sunlight there is a difference in corn yield / cover crop biomass, whether the rows are planted in north-south or east-west direction. Is there any observations or knowledge about that?
What is being used to seed the cover crop? Have you had any fields with both single row 60s vs twin row 60s
Looks good. It would be interesting to learn how many cow days per acre this supports this winter.
We really like twin rows. Identical yields. But the cover crops in between has to be hugely diverse and corn won’t see it as competition.
I used to deliver straight cane sugar molasses (usually a cow feed supplement) to several farms more west from you. They told me they sprayed it around ¼-½ gallon per acre to feed the microbes in the soil.
Where are your Cattle? Great information.
What was used for chemicals? How did you plant the cover crop?
Nice Blue Monument in background.
Anybody tried 2 rows of 30” and then skip a row? So 30,60,30,60,3060 etc… in the 60’s you plant your companions to help the corn. Cowpeas, clover, etc. so each row of corn has companions next to it to help it. In the 30’s you interseed V4/V5 your cool season varieties that will live dormant (cereal rye for example). The companions help the corn and provide the biomass for the livestock post harvest and then your “relay cropping” the cool seasons in the 30’s that will be actively growing back after the first round of grazing vs the companions that got eaten and they’re done. Each row of corn gets the sunlight benefit of the 60” corn, but now “2/3” of your ground is growing a cash crop instead of “1/2”. You’ve got the diversity of even more species, and if it’s winter hits during harvest, you’ve got your cool seasons in the ground, and if it’s a hot harvest, the you may have time to get more cool season varieties planted back where the companions were. You can spread your risk around and react to changing variables outside your control (weather). It’s just an idea
Probably won’t work here in Texas but up north where a lot of people have trouble getting covers established, maybe it will?
@@chrisabens2915 we have a farmer trying this variation this year. I'll probably do a video. Subscribe to our channel!
Do you have any data on planting 60 inch twin row and using 2 different hybrids one shorter one taller to harvest more sunlight?
I am MOST interested in 60" or even 80" Twin row as it allows one to use a wider range of planter hardware and allows one to plant at a HIGHER speed unlike single row double population which requires you drive half as fast. Very Good Info, but would love to know how many cow days you get per acre. No, I am not way up north in Minnesota, but info is still info and I always appreciate more info.
We know of some that are doing twin row 60 and it seems to be working very well for them. I would absolutely focus on what row spacings can work best for your current equipment inventory! As for the Grazing days we will track that and although it's much better than just corn stalks it is still highly variable. One thing for sure is that cows will gain more this way over grazing stalks alone.
@@covercropkings539 Thanks. I know my question is a bit uh... nuanced and problematic, just wondering if anyone has done the test for total number of cow days/acre as that is my TRUE goal for twin row/cover crops so I don't have to buy HAYAGE!
Depending on the hybrid, and population used, twin rows produced higher yields in our preliminary stages (PSD) of development of the solar corridor concept. The differential in favor of twin rows was so consistent that the hybrids we evaluated in the advanced study summaries* were all twin rows. As a check on our decision to delete the single rows in our advance stage development field studies (ASD) of the solar corridor concept, we entered a T1 (single row) treatment at one of our field locations. All but 1 (of 4) hybrids and 1 (of 4) populations or 1 of 16 hybrid by population combinations the twin row yields were consistently higher in twin rows. Since we didn’t continue the single rows in our ASD for more than 1 year and single rows came in so far under Twin row yields that we didn’t report single row results in any of our yield summaries and subsequently discontinued our T1 treatment, we didn’t reference single rows in any of our (Maize Research Unlimited) submissions.
Your idea on Twin rows is sound.
* summary data in the bar graphs in Chapter 2 of “The Solar Corridor Crop System: Implementation and Impacts.” 2019. Deichman & Kremer, Elsevier Academic Press and. In Yield Tables 1 - 14 in “A Planting Arrangement to Improve Crop Yields” issued as US Patent 6052941, see Claims 2 & 4.
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@@leroydeichman2899 Thanks for the reply! Will try that book!
What was the yield,difference in 60 vs 30?
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How much total rain on the corn before it got harvested ? Thanks
I will look into this but I know they had very little rain from May - mid August and I seem to recall them saying they had 8 inches or so from mid August through harvest but I could be mistaken on that. I do know that they had a very dry summer and had much more moisture going into fall.
@@covercropkings539 2.5" roughly from April until Late August (more as you got towards Morris (we are east about 20 miles). 18" since then.
@@josephcihlar5691 Thank You!
I would think a twin line planter would be ideal in this situation.
The wind noise in this video makes it nearly unwatchable. That's a problem that's been solved since some time in the 1920s.