Tips for Even Emergence in Corn

Brian and Darren Hefty provide some tips that will help you achieve even emergence in your corn fields.

[@TwoHappyChildrenFarm]

Not mentioned, but important. Cold temperature germination test your seed. On a low scoring seed, you are more likely to get erratic delays in germination if planting into 40-50f soil. Worst case this translates into an overall lower stand as well. Maybe unscientific to the lab standards, but taking 2 samples, soaking at 40 in farm soil, then returning to greenhouse led to 90% emergence for one sample and 50% for the other on day 5. The interesting thing is the lower scored sample didn't have another emerge for 2 days with a final 70% stand. OR wait until the soil is 65 and you eliminate this problem. Good luck.

[@myronparks3495]

Also if you want an even emergence ground speed is a factor. If you plant at 6 mph the row units will bounce more compared to 4.5 to 5 mph.

[@goodtreeministries3751]

Yes yield champions plant at 2-3mph and check the planter every couple of passes.

[@tmx864]

funny how all the fields shown in this video have been tilled at an angle to the planting direction

[@arturoandlizvillareal6086]

Brian had a hard time pulling the trigger

[@eriklzbeast]

Chickweed??

[@tf7274]

If you can go slow...go slow...the first man to 400bu twenty years ago did it with a finger planter...but he would put a can of coke on the planter...if the can fell off...he would slow down.

[@AgPhD]

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