Extension > Agriculture > Crops > Corn Production > Planting
Planting
General guidelines
- Manage corn planting decisions to optimize yield and economic return, research report, 2012 (8.7 KB PDF)
- Plan now for success with corn in northwest Minnesota, Cropping Issues in Northwest Minnesota, 2010 (885 K PDF)
- Plan now for successful corn planting, Crop News, 2010
- Fine-tune corn silage agronomics to optimize production, Crop News, 2009
- Corn planting depth, root growth and yield, Crop News, 2003
Planting date
- Planting date considerations for corn, Crop News, 2012
- Corn planting date study, Olmstead County research report, 2010 (404 KB PDF)
- Planting dates and Minnesota state average corn yields, 1968–2005, Crop News, 2006
- Early planted corn stands: is pretty the best? Crop News, 2004
- It's corn planting time, Crop News, 2003
- Spring planting, Crop News, 2001
Plant population
- Corn response to row width and plant population in northwestern Minnesota, research report, 2012 (170 KB PDF)
- Corn hybrid response to seeding rate, Grant County research report, 2010 (109 KB PDF)
- Optimum plant population for corn, 2009
- Think carefully about corn plant population to maximize profits, Crop News, 2009
- Higher populations in corn increase crop light interception and yield, 2009
- Corn plant population and hybrid maturity, Grant County research report, 2009 (2.9 MB PDF)
- Corn plant population and hybrid maturity, Olmstead County research report, 2009 (3.6 MB PDF)
- Corn response to plant population and hybrid maturity, Stevens County research report, 2009 (2.9 MB PDF)
- Higher population or row spacing? Crop News, 2007
- Corn population, Crop News, 2003
- Corn population and row width study, Hubbard County research report, 1999 (1.6 MB PDF)
Row spacing
- Evaluation of twin-row corn - Martin and Nobles County research report, 2012 (1.6 MB PDF)
- Narrow-row corn production - 2009
Delayed planting
- What to do? 2013 growing season
- Hybrid maturity considerations for delayed corn planting Crop News, 2013
- Switch from corn to soybeans? Not so fast! Crop News, 2011
- Guidelines for late-planted corn and soybean, Crop News, 2011
- Manage risk when corn planting is delayed, Extension News, 2011
- Considerations for late-planted corn, Crop News, 2009
Replant decisions
- Field guide for evaluating corn damage and replant decisions: download the field guide (47.8 MB PDF) or order a full-color pocket guide from the Extension Store.
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