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FREEDGUY
Orange Level Access Joined: 15 Apr 2017 Location: South West Mich Points: 5391 |
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Posted: 02 Jun 2022 at 7:45pm |
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There's a local that's been planting twin row beans and corn for at least 8 years. He's the only one in at least a 40 mile radius that does it but it must "work" for him . Do any of you in other regions of the country do this ? Thanks
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bigal121892
Orange Level Joined: 05 Jan 2010 Location: Nebraska Points: 757 |
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There a number of guys in our area who have gone to twin 30's. Personally, if I was younger, I would consider going to 22" rows.
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Tbone95
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Not intentionally......But I don't have row shut off either!
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Wayne180d
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We have one here in my area. The only problem I have heard od is at the speed they combine about 5 to 6 mph the corn stalks tend to whip a little and knock some ears off.
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shameless dude
Orange Level Joined: 10 Apr 2017 Location: east NE Points: 13611 |
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i've tried it on beans, also tried 15 inch rows on beans. the harvest amounts yielded about the same as the extra seed needed to plant the extra plants to equal just plain 30 inch rows. also tried drilling beans, they also yielded the same as 30 inch rows, but needed extra seed to do so. only thing nice about seeded beans was they are really nice to combine!
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Pat the Plumber CIL
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Brother drives a semi for local BTO .They started corn on 20 inch rows about 8 years ago. The first year of 20 inch rows weather did not cooperate planting or harvest. They left about 3000 acres of corn unharvested . They got behind the 8 ball and could not find any other farmers to help as no one else had gone to 20 inch rows yet . They took the corn out in the spring . They had to use rice heads to pick the down corn up . Was a hell of a sight to see a combine crawling through the fields with a huge cloud of debris coming out the back end. My brother claimed they still got most of the corn saved but it didn't weigh well.
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FREEDGUY
Orange Level Access Joined: 15 Apr 2017 Location: South West Mich Points: 5391 |
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Thanks for the reminder about 20 inch corn rows Pat , there was a local guy in the mid '70's that planted that row width for exactly 2 seasons and has been 30" ever since .
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shameless dude
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20 inch rows were always hard on tires too, unless you had stompers!
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bigal121892
Orange Level Joined: 05 Jan 2010 Location: Nebraska Points: 757 |
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So what's your point?
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Lars(wi)
Orange Level Access Joined: 14 Sep 2009 Location: Permian Basin Points: 6771 |
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He generally doesn’t have a point.
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I tried to follow the science, but it was not there. I then followed the money, and that’s where I found the science.
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cwhit
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10 yrs ago had a lot of twin row planters around here. That fad has faded. Still a few around. Seeing 20 in. more every year. My bunch is more old school. 15 in. beans 30 in. corn
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FREEDGUY
Orange Level Access Joined: 15 Apr 2017 Location: South West Mich Points: 5391 |
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Why does my reply require a "POINT"?? I suppose my reply was "pointed" that the guys '70 vintage TR NEW HOLLAND machine and the bastard size head, planter, cultivator etc. was a bust in this area back then
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bigal121892
Orange Level Joined: 05 Jan 2010 Location: Nebraska Points: 757 |
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Ok, so your point is, technology of that era, may not have been conducive to that row spacing. Makes sense.
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