Posted by Bruce from Can. on May 09, 2020 at 03:07:44 from (70.52.186.9):
In Reply to: Below Freezing Again! posted by Deere scotty on May 09, 2020 at 02:53:20:
I feel much the same way, but I try not to get all worked up about these things we can’t control. I have seen corn in others fields half way to the knee get frozen and turn purple/black and be dead as a stone, while mine was still safe and dry in the bag. The push to plant earlier and earlier is driven by the cash crop grain corn growers. They know that they can’t wait till it is warm to start planting, because they have so many acres to plant, the last acres will go in late and risk frost on the other end of the season. And the risk of their corn getting frozen off by planting early is partly born by the seed companies that offer a replant program. It all comes down to greed, like most things. Each year is a bit different and you can’t farm by the calendar, only by actual conditions. I wait till the ground is warm to plant, and as I don’t try to farm the entire county, I have plenty of time to get the crop in. And I don’t try to grow a variety that won’t mature within our frost free days.
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