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What happens to corn that's planted 48 hours too late?
by tedunangst 2y ago
What happens to corn that's planted 48 hours too late?
- mattpallissard 2y agoTypically corn needs be planted in soil that's not too wet. You have to wait for the low laying portions of your land to dry out. It doesn't play catch up a well as other crops in terms of yield. If it gets pushed back too far you'll see a lot of folks switch to other crops for the year, such as soybeans that are better at tolerating a shorter growing season. That said, I assume that nobody I know would have been stopped by this. They'd just grumble about new technology and use the steering wheel.
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago> What happens to corn that's planted 48 hours too late? Yields might be marginally lower. Across almost a billion acres, that matters, albeit only at the margin.