2008 Corn Silage Agronomics

 

COUNTY

PLANTING
DATES

HARVEST
DATES

PREVIOUS
CROP

100 %
STAND

AVERAGE
STAND

FERTILIZER
N - P - K

Zone 1

BRANCH

April 26

Sept. 17

Corn

30,302
29,030
180 - 40 - 40

LENAWEE

April 30

Sept. 9

Soybeans

30,302
28,969
145 - 40 - 40
WOOD (OHIO)
May 22

Sept. 3,5

Soybeans
32,000
28,800
210 - 40 - 40

Zone 2

KENT

May 16
Sept. 20,24

Corn

30,302
28,728

184 - 11 - 35

INGHAM

May 5

Sept. 4,10

Soybeans

30,302
29,090
180 - 40 - 40

HURON

May 6
Sept. 25
Oct. 2

Sugar Beets

30,302
29,181
115 - 40 - 40

Zone 4

OGEMAW

May 9
oCT. 1

Corn

30,302
28,637
161 - 40 - 40

OSCEOLA

May 9

Sept. 29

Corn

30,302
29,211
130 - 40 - 40

MENOMINEE

May 8

Sept. 15,22

Corn

26,460
26,195
100 - 40 - 40
+Manure

Z5

ALGER

May 8

Sept. 22

Grass Sod

25,704
24,110
130 - 40 - 40

 

COUNTY

SOIL TYPE

SOIL TEST

FARM COOPERATOR

LOCATION

Zone 1

BRANCH

Oshtemo Sandy Loam

pH 6.7
P 56, K 105

Kyle Huff

Coldwater

LENAWEE

Blount Loam

pH 7.3
P 63, K 160

Bakerlad Farms
Blaine Baker

Clayton

WOOD (OHIO) Hoytville Clay pH 5.8
P152 , K 377
Matt Davis
OARDC
Hoytville, Ohio

Zone 2

KENT

Capac loam

pH 6.2
P 49, K 171

Blue Sky Farms

Lowell

INGHAM

Capac Loam

pH 6.3
P 87, K 99

Crop & Soil Sciences Research Facility, MSU

East Lansing

HURON

Kilmanagh Loam

pH 6.6
P476, K 270

Wil-Le Farms
Ron, & Ed McCrea

Bad Axe

Zone 4

OGEMAW

Selkirk Loam

pH 7.5
P 19, K 147

Miller Feeds Inc. Travis Miller

Prescott

OSCEOLA

Isabella Loam

pH 6.6
P130, K 259

Robert E. Lee

Marion

MENOMINEE

Onaway Sandy Loam

pH 7.4
P 60, K 195

Dave Johnson

Daggett

Z5

ALGER

Eben Very Cobbly Sandy Loam

pH 7.3
P 97, K 197

Chatham Research Station, MSU

Chatam

 

 

Corn Silage

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