Planting season is like a box of chocolates: You never know what you're going to get. OK, that is a slight alteration from what Forrest Gump said about life, but it certainly holds true as farmers begin solidifying plans for the upcoming growing season. Mother Nature may have the final say, but there are many decisions made at planting time that ultimately impact yields at harvest time.
Several agronomists were asked at the recent Midwest Ag Expo what recommendations they have for farmers for the 2016 planting season. Josh Redding - Beck's Hybrids Seed Adviser: I've had a lot of guys already ask me for a couple of bags of their seed or to ship their seed early so they can start running their meters on their planting units to make sure those meters will run efficient, they don't have any issues, no doubles, so they're not running into big problems when they're planting. Good spacing is one of first things we need to worry about at planting.
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