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The First Few Hours or Day of #Plant24
Corn has been planted in a few areas across the corn belt, so this message may be on the late side for those who have started. With that being said, if you haven’t started planting yet or even if you have a few acres in the ground, take some time to step out of the tractor cab, get behind the planter and start checking how good of a job that planter is doing.
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Spring Applied Nitrogen
With some areas experiencing a later harvest and soggy fall conditions, not all planned fall nitrogen applications happened. In order to have the required amount of nitrogen for the crop, more nitrogen applications will be made in the spring or split applied. Whether you typically apply your nitrogen in the spring or not, the important part is to have nitrogen available to the plant when it’s needed.
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Factors Affecting Soil Temperatures
A large percentage of the 2024 corn and soybean crop is still in the bag waiting to be put into the ground. In some instances, the issue is having too much moisture and not being able to get in the field. In others, the issue is that the soils are too cold to plant, with no sign of warming up in the next few days.
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