Choose the right seed to ensure success throughout the season.
As farmers in the Midwest prepare to plant, it is important to remember that grains are the basis for yield. The right or wrong choice sets the tone for the season.
On average, every resident of Mexico consumes more than 90 kg of corn per year. If we compare this indicator with the United States, where 40% of the world crop of this crop is grown, then its average consumption per year per capita is 72.5 kg, and in India - only 6.8 kg per inhabitant of the country.
Be sure to consider the following to tune in to success:
1. Maturity. Immaturity of the seed can lead to a loss of potential profitability, while overripe exposes you to the risk of damage from frost. As a rule, corn should reach the black layer at least two weeks before the deadly frost, and soybeans must reach full maturity.
2. Harvest. It is necessary to produce the correct crop rotation. You can’t plant the same culture all the time for many years in the same territory. It is necessary to alternate fields.
3. Protection. Again, move from field to field and analyze past problems to plan potential crop pests. It is necessary to take into account various agronomic traits that can help in protecting the crop from weeds, diseases, insects.
4. Coating. Most corn seeds are pretreated, but often there are options to increase protection.
5. Diversification. Do not put all your eggs in one basket. Compare the seeds to ensure that you are not planting the same hybrid or variety over a large area.
- The Indian state trading company MMTC, for the third time, has postponed the deadline for submitting bids in an international tender for the import of yellow corn, this time until June 6, European traders said on Tuesday, May 21.
- Local small mills sensationally accused large flour mills yesterday of collecting subsidized corn from the Grain Marketing Council and smuggling it into the Democratic Republic of the Congo at a time when the country was facing an acute shortage of flour.
- Cereal traders are puzzling over recent data showing that US farmers have produced another unprecedented crop, despite the most difficult weather conditions in recent years. What is the secret of American farmers? The thing is that they were able to achieve high yields by growing GM plants.
