North Central US | versatile875 - 3/22/2026 08:01
We are extremely dry here, I think d3 drought zone. Not sure how much longer the wheat can hang on. We are coming up on crunch time for corn planting. For some reason our insurance deadline is around the 10th-15th of April, and there is no rain chances in sight. We almost hit 100 degrees yesterday. There is moisture deeper, just 3-4 inches below the surface. I could try to hit moisture on some fields by going deep, but with all of our terraces I think it would be a spotty stand at best.
I have only raised corn a few years and have never had a problem hitting moisture to get a stand. I'm thinking about laying it in the dry and just seeing what happens instead of trying to hit moisture and getting a crappy stand at first, then if it rains getting the rest up. Probably won't put any fertilizer out until I get a stand either.
What are yalls thoughts? Any tips?
Western ND last year we had similar conditions and waited then planted anyways. We are on very heavy clay, the type that cracks when it dries. It didn't look terribly great but you could tell the day it got down to the moisture and took off. 1 1/2 to 2 inch planting depth.
Planting deep here always seems to be a thing many swear by but it looks like crap, like it ran out of energy getting up there, if it made it. We've never done it and on a drought year everything goes to hay anyways |
Dusting in corn?
