ecmn | Blusteryknollfarm - 11/4/2026 01:13
I'm curious about yield too, but "first liar doesn't stand a chance" rules the internet so I can understand a reluctance to say something here.
My first year growing corn I had a little extra seed in the planter, and a little less than an acre patch behind the barn that either had cattle parked on it or grew up in weeds when I was a kid. So I emptied the planter there and cultivated a few times. Did in the 250 bu ballpark.
In more "normal" conditions I've come up a little short on manure and done a check of clover plow down only on a strip and had organic corn run ~160 bu/ac where with my normal manure application rate it went 200.
In the organic game, it is true that one can be very profitable with lower than conventional yields, but given the higher prices there's even more margin to push yields higher if you can.
Yep. The incentive to improve is there for sure. Good prices, no bases and some companies are even picking up the trucking.
Like I said starting from ground zero. The learning curve will go quick. We all know how to do population trials and start to follow hybrid families.
Maybe someday I get back to doing a little bit of foliar feeding.. but ultimately not really concerned about it.
I did some research on some of them products and they know what kind of price you're getting. And since it has to be organic, a lot of your product analysis isn't there. You're paying a lot of dollars for a very low percentage product.
My cultivator is set up for liquid so in the future to pull a tank and use some products would be pretty easy. But I don't want to be dependent upon somebody else to grow a crop.
Like I said. The goal is to bring the joy back in farming. I'm done stressing about yield. I just want to enjoy my time in the field
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First time no input organic corn. 1950 style corn!
