Seed Corn Cost ??
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Topic: Seed Corn Cost ??
Posted By: FREEDGUY
Subject: Seed Corn Cost ??
Date Posted: 09 Oct 2021 at 6:44pm
I've driven past multiple designated "seed corn" plots after their "harvest" . OMG, a week later the ground had enough green corn coming up like it was broadcast to be "green chopped" like we did for forage in the late '80's  . Seems like the loss of seeds should have a correlation to the cost of your next seasons seed cost ??
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Posted By: DougG
Date Posted: 09 Oct 2021 at 7:21pm
| No kidding - its sad how guys cant set the machines up right |
Posted By: allisbred
Date Posted: 09 Oct 2021 at 7:48pm
| Shelled corn just laying on top of the ground or tilled in? Don’t think I have ever seen any in this area do that in the fall, usually needs to be worked in. |
Posted By: Red Bank
Date Posted: 09 Oct 2021 at 7:59pm
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FREEDGUY wrote:Posted By: FREEDGUY
Date Posted: 09 Oct 2021 at 8:14pm
2 fields were DEFINITELY on the ground, you could see every row of the corn head, the others were "tilled" though
 . Seems like I've read that the harvester machines blow a LOT of materials out of their "bowels" ?? |
Posted By: DiyDave
Date Posted: 09 Oct 2021 at 8:42pm
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Posted By: DanWi
Date Posted: 09 Oct 2021 at 8:51pm
| 1% loss in 200 bushel corn is 2 bushel, you only plant less then half a bushel generally for 30 to 40,000 plants per acre. If you harvest at 15% moisture you can have that much loss, butt shelling, at the head from any machine. |
Posted By: DMiller
Date Posted: 10 Oct 2021 at 5:33am
| Red Combines here are as bad for replanting as the green, only those still running Gleaners are leaving fairly unplanted fields. Notably there are Bean Fields north of here that have a 10% field corn growth in them, and corn that has enough beans to almost qualify as a second crop, ALL harvested of Green and Red Combines. |
Posted By: klinemar
Date Posted: 10 Oct 2021 at 6:54am
| Most of the Seed Corn I've seen harvested was picked whole ear. Must have some butt shelling if they are leaving corn. |
Posted By: Tbone95
Date Posted: 10 Oct 2021 at 8:11am
Thank you x 100!!! |
Posted By: tomNE
Date Posted: 10 Oct 2021 at 1:27pm
| i can tell; you guys have never been around seed corn. the ears are terribe looking. if it makes 30bpa; that's a good yield. the seed corn companies have there own machines to harvest. just head loss alone is unbelieveable! |
Posted By: FREEDGUY
Date Posted: 10 Oct 2021 at 4:57pm
You HAVE seen the equipment that harvests seed corn ?? About the "ONLY" thing Green on these units is the engine
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Posted By: klinemar
Date Posted: 10 Oct 2021 at 7:40pm
| I agree with tomNE the Seed Corn I have seen around Schoolcraft,Constantine and Three Rivers Mi would not be anything a Farmer would be proud of. Reminds me of what the Old Timers called "Tucket Corn"! |