Posted by JD Seller on July 20, 2013 at 07:28:11 from (208.126.196.144):
In Reply to: corn question posted by Pitch on July 20, 2013 at 05:18:39:
The height of the corn has little to do with the final yield. Yes most of today's hybrids do not get as tall as corn did years ago.
Several other things on corn height.
1) Corn planted later will many times be taller than early planted corn of the same hybrid. Never knew the why just that it does happen.
2) Like others have stated the corn you are seeing could be silage corn.
3) The energy used to make the corn taller would come from ear production on paper. In real life it does not always happen that way. Many times the tall corn is a sign of a GREAT growing season and the tall corn will be the higher yielding corn.
You will find that every growing season is different in some way. What works great one year may bust the next. The old saying about the average farmer getting to try about forty times is about right.
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