False Spring? Or early yields?
Let you know in a few weeks…..
We won’t plant till mid to early March. The biggest benefit of planting early lately has been you beat the heat and drought. We can get the corn pollinated well before the hottest days of summer and have less risk of incomplete pollination.
Heck last year we had about 250 acres of early corn that was frosted on heavily 3 times when it was between 3&6 inches tall. Burned it to the ground but Never skipped a beat and averaged 170bu/acre. These modern hybrids are much more frost tolerant and deep planting means you need more than a frost to kill the plant since the growth point is still below ground. A deep heavy freeze is still a risk.
