How to Achieve 300 Bushel Corn

Dr. Fred Below, Professor of Plant Physiology with the University of Illinois, has discovered the seven most important factors to achieving 300 bushel corn.  The most important factor, aside from weather, is nitrogen.  

To achieve 300 bushel corn, you MUST ensure that your crop has sufficient nitrogen during each of the growing stages.  To determine the right rate, use SoilSens to understand the amount of nitrates available to your crop.  

SoilSens can be used:

1^st   Before spring planting to see what survived the winter.

2^nd  Before side dressing to determine how rains and other factors have changed the soil nitrate levels.

3^rd  In the fall, after harvest, to assess what the crop has taken off of the field in nutrients.

 

The seven factors that Dr. Fred Below has identified as critical are listed here in order of importance:

1. Weather
2. Nitrogen
3. Hybrid
4. Previous Crop
5. Plant Population
6. Tillage
7. Growth Regulators

Find the full report at his website:  http://www.7wondersofcorn.com/