Striped corn field

thartiga · Aug 28, 2017

What makes a corn field look striped from the air? Noticed some look this way and some not.

wd9garymn · Aug 28, 2017

With corn planters with individual planter boxes, farmers will plant different brands/varieties at the same time. That will cause the striped look.See it some, but not often.

paul · Aug 28, 2017

Two different varieties in the planter, 4 of one seed and 4 of a different.

Or, my neighbor uses hog manure for fertilizer, sometimes application is not so good and the corn is uneven, looks striped.

Paul

coonie minnie · Aug 28, 2017

As below, different corn. Or can be variances in fertilizer application- plugged up tool bar, spread urea with a poor spreader, etc.

RayP(MI) · Aug 28, 2017

Often different varieties planted side-by-side for purposes of cross pollination for seed corn hybrids.

Tractorcedric · Aug 28, 2017

Seen it that way when an offset disc was used to till.

Striped corn field

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