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Yep. Three years of using this shˆt. I won't make a long story out of it but will be going back to OP next year it it cost me $1K to have it shipped.
I don't need RR corn anyway. Damn ears sprouting on the cob, easy shelling, molding, need I say more. Oh well $210 a bag :) A big "F" to dekalb
 
How"s your weather been this season? Here the early spring, wet conditions, and now near drought conditions are taking their toll on most every brand.
 
Should be the best year I have had in a long time. Planted mid march, tasseled out with plenty of rain, mid field was about 10 feet tall. Starting to pick this week. Pioneer corn I used years ago was much better.
 
We have always used Pioneer seed and made our first 200+ bpa corn with Pioneer in 2005.In 2006 we got talked into Dekalb seed corn,biggest mistake we ever made.We had same conditions as 05 and did it pretty much identical to the 200 bpa con and in the end Dekalb wound up around 100-120bpa.Halfway through tasseling rust started destroying it.We have never had this problem with Pioneer.I rember even seeing ears of corn growing straight out of the tassel on the Dekalb-Genetic problem?
 
With any corn the trick is getting the right number for your area and your tillage methods. What is the manure history of your farm. What is the weed pressure on your farm. How's the drainage. how's the sub-soil moisture. Have the rains been timely and how much. What crop last year. All makes a difference on the number. What works good this year may not be good next year. I have half my acres planted to Dekalb this year. Last year it was my top yield. Yes it is expensive seed but economic return was best by a long shot. This year, to soon to tell here in so. Mn. If you struck out 3 years in a row you do not have the right number corn. Your dealer should be able to help you with that.
 
You don"t have to go to OP corn to get non RR. Even Dekalb has a non RR number. Southern States has some non RR numbers as well. You should be able to get non RR hybrid seed for around $150 bag or less.
 
A friend I help farm did the same thing tried DeKalb from pioneer and had the same results as the rest half the yield. This guy is A@AL about his soil,fert,seed I really can't post what he told the rep after he brought out 30yrs of crop records and showed him his product SUCKED.
 
The guys here in my neck of the woods cant get enough of it. Many guys here have sworn to never plant another acre of Pioneer due to pollination problems in the past couple years.

Our local Pioneer salesman wanted to give a local farmer some Pioneer seed corn for some side by side test. The farmer told him due to his results last year he would only plant the free seed if DuPont was willing to make up the money difference between it and the Dekalb that was planted next to it. The salesman said it was a no-can-do kinda thing.

It's all about finding the hybrid(s) that work well on your soil. Not all hybrids are for every soil type and every environment.
 
Sorry you had bad luck with Dekalb. Like everyone else said. There are a lot of variables that go into a crop and make a good yeild. Dekalb has a non RR variety. DK 697. I sold a few bags of it this year. Almost everyone around me plants at least some dekalb. 90% of the time it will beat everything else around here. Pioneer is the worlds worst at setting up plots and collecting accurate data.
 
Yeild in not the problem, its other things. In 20 years of growing corn I have never seen corn sprouts growing from the top of the cobs until this year. I am using the variety recommended by the Dekalb rep. Of course its one of the most expensive ones.
 
Husk covering (lack thereof) and moisture are what causes sprouting on the ear. It doesnt matter what brand you plant if the weather is right, it will sprout on the ear.
 
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