Corn on wheat ground??

Dave from MN · Apr 14, 2009

I am contemplating abondining planting soybeans this year to keep it 2 crops, rye, corn. One of the feilds I would be putting corn in rather than beans was spring wheat last year, corn prior to that. The other feild would be corn on corn, 3rd year. I did not keep enough manure for all this if planting all corn. Any advice on going wheat to corn or should i just till, plant, and fertilize like any other non manured feild. I just do not think I want to deal with 3 crops again, plus i will have a corn feild adjacent to my pasture to graze the cows on. I think corn will hold or climb in price but have a feeling alot of people are switching to soybeans and that price will drop.

Anonymous-0 · Apr 14, 2009

That is our prefered rotation, corn-beans-wheat which is repeated. Corn after wheat works well. Typically fall plowed the wheat stubble but have also chiseled.

paul · Apr 14, 2009

You will need more N with that rotation, but it will work ok to got to corn from wheat or corn.

Sometimes spring wheat does not do well following corn here in the southern part of the state, the crops are close enough for diseases to build & transfer to the wheat. Don't know about your area.

--->Paul

brian(MN) · Apr 14, 2009

I plant corn following wheat many times, works great. Just apply enough fertilizer. Also you will not have rootworm problems, so you can save yourself a few dollars by not having to buy rootworm corn or insectiside.
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