Historically, we’ve run Future Farm on five sites across four states. This year, we’re expanding Future Farm to 22 sites across nine states – giving us the opportunity to demonstrate genetic products with Streamline Ag seed-driven crop inputs as a collective package across a wide variety of geographies and conditions.

Why Take Stand Counts?

It’s vital to take stand counts in newly emerged corn for several reasons. Stand counts provide a window into how well the planter spaced seeds down the row, and how close the planter got to target seed drop. Stand counts also give a first look at how plants are performing when it comes to emergence. Knowing how many plants emerged helps growers measure progress towards hitting yield potential, and provides information needed to make smart, timely management decisions for the rest of the growing season.

In last month’s blog we explored the ways that growers can ensure the best economic return possible, by planting with population in mind. To summarize, matching seeding rates (which Rob-See-Co provides for each of our hybrids) to the yield environments of the field will help to provide growers with the best potential return on investment. Be sure to visit our February blog [link again] for an in-depth look into understanding Rob-See-Co’s population ratings system.

This month’s blog is focused on seed population and the importance of ensuring you're using the population ratings listed on our hybrid tech sheets, to get the best yield.