Well Pete, you asked for it,here it is.
Hope I don’t screw this up! Corn planted at 80K & 86K along with replant at 40K. First planted my brain fart on 5-21-13, replant 5-31-13.
Here is my disclaimer.......yields are based on my late 80’s-early 90’s Wyffels yield calculator and ears were picked in a very small area (field received .6” of welcomed rain Thursday morning) and some amount still remained, making the walk very itchy.
Ear counts and extremely unofficial yields using 10% reduction in final stand (remember,this is farmer math) on corn planted in 15" rows. 86K yield 180 bu./acre(13x16 avg. ear size with 77.4K final stand). 80K yield 220 bu/acre(16x17 avg. ear size with 72K final stand). 40K yield 210 bu./acre(16.5x32 avg. ear size with 26K final stand). After this research I think I could have had 280 bu./acre corn with 80K if the rain wouldn't have stopped and not had tip back(16x25x72K). Who need research farms when I do it with no taxpayer funding(but I'm not against donations). Note: Pictures are as follows... 86k, 40k, 80k, samples of ears are 86k, 80k, 40k
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