quote RW. ( Higher Killing Degree Units in July lower corn yield... Excess stress and transpiration; higher soybean yield... Less disease. Even the field crop analyst's with grain merchandisers don't rely on pod counts... Doesn't mean much to correlate to yield ) Yes, when one gets into these fields. the seed and planting date have determined Polination for sure. this is the 1st field planted in Morrow co. Ohio and one of the last planted in June. these Pictures wer taken the same day I took the pictures of the S.B. s in Crawford County. ( In NO way Am I saying that these will be the BEST yields in the county. ever. ) I think one may be a Channel Number. But this is what this area looks Like overall. and even much better to the North around Shelby Ohio. It is just that these Pictures are from Farms totaling about 15,000 acres that Use NO row or in furrow Products. No insecticide Nor fungicide treatment used so far ( Other than Plot work ) research Ongoing. but nothing ever showing. past 20 years. the feasibility of wide spread applications being Profitable to the individual farmer and HIS bottom Line. No Foliar applications made. and NO side dress application to any of the corn fields. No Liquid of any nature used on any of the farms fields, ever 100 % all dry broadcast applications as needed by soil and tissue. analysis with past yield data. ( forever changing to be more efficient. Always critiquing the Farming method. ) with an open and analytical mind 100% of all these acres are Farmed as a ( Conventional Farming Methods ) for Farmer Profit oriented. Prepare. Plant. control the weeds and Harvest. as simple as that |