BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — When he was the guest speaker at the first National Strip-Tillage Conference a decade ago, Tony Vyn, a Purdue University researcher, called strip-till “the near-ideal tillage system
Tom J. Bechman
DEEP ENOUGH? Or too deep? Roger Wenning, Greensburg, Ind., tackles the age-old task of determining if he is satisfied with planting depth, while his son Nick continues to plant corn. Corn Illustrated: Another study confirms the perils of not planting corn deep enough.
Yes, you can plant corn too deep. Any agronomist worth his salt would agree. But you can also plant too shallow. An Agco Crop Tour study indicated that planting as shallow as 1 inch could risk problems with stands and lower yields. There are also other studies that indicate planting as shallow as 1 inch is far riskier than planting as deep as 3 inches.