Impoundment corn

[2thDoc]

be specific.

I hear it might be tough to get corn this year with the prices through the roof.

Tell me what you think is the best corn for an impoundment and why.

height of ears (high or low)
thick stem?
early/fast germination?
round-up ready?

[BOGSTER]

Agra Tech's 733RR
Low ears.


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And yes 2thpick its a hybrid!

[ZKILLR]

I also hear that the price of nitrogen is going to skyrocket.

[buckshot1224]

Originally posted by ZKILLR:
I also hear that the price of nitrogen is going to skyrocket.

EVERYTHING is about to skyrocket. Corn, soybeans, rye, wheat, nitrogen, fuel, gas, etc.

And I'm with bogster on the Tech's 733. Used it several times and really liked it.

[Greco]

Buckshot - why do you say 'EVERYTHING'?

[JABIII]

height of ears (high or low)
High

thick stem?
Worry more about a variety that builds a large root system. Nematodes will getcha eventually.

early/fast germination?
no

round-up ready?

Every so often

[buckshot1224]

Originally posted by Greco:
Buckshot - why do you say 'EVERYTHING'?

because if a few products go up it causes other products go up. Don't believe me, just watch.

[2thDoc]

i was waiting for a different opinion on ear height.....

It would seem to me that a HIGHer ear would be best. we have done both, but i just want my corn out of the water.

[Claimer]

I generally dump the ear right on the water. Seems to float just right. Oh were you talking bout growing it there?

[Sprigtale]

Corn will sky rocket and eventually so will corn seed. If you dont grow your own you will be in trouble. Everybidy who farms will be planting all the corn they have a place to put it. We will be a corn belt state. They are planning a 12 mill ethanol plant in Dillon, one just acroos the border in NC and another somewhere near or to the south of Charleston. Heard it from a normally reliable source last night.

[BOGSTER]

Buckshot, i see you deleted your agreement with my choice.
JAB, why would you want your ears high above the water??
I know the ducks will knock it down, Are you worried about rot??
How deep are you flooding your impoundment??
Are you not keeping water levels just under the ears?

[buckshot1224]

Originally posted by BOGSTER:
Buckshot, i see you deleted your agreement with my choice.

No I didn't it is still up.

[BOGSTER]

Oh, i misread.
I thought you Costa'd your post.

[RWW]

Where is a seller of AgraTech 733RR?

[BOGSTER]

Carolina Eastern Co.
In Elloree,SC sells it.
Google it.

[Aging Baby Boomer]

Do you rotate crops in your impoundment fields or plant corn after corn every year?

If you rotate, how often do you rotate and what alternate crop(s) do you plant?

[BOGSTER]

I have a peice of property that I hunt on occasion. Its a low bottom on the edge of a field.
The field is was planted in peanuts a few years ago and it rained just enough to put a little water out there.
Ducks loved it, we killed a pile of woodies and teal.
Try peanuts Boomer.

[duckcommander727]

How bout some soy beans?? I had a field with a large puddle of water that had wood ducks do they like soybeans? If so how deep should the water be in the impoundment?

[BOGSTER]

DC,
ducks will eat soybeans,
However I wouldn't say they prefer them.
Wood ducks will eat almost anything.
I saw where someone posted a while back that ducks won't eat acorns unless they are starving.
That is laughable.
For your impoundment depth:
it all depends on what you are planting.
Corn: you would need the water just shy of the ears.
For things like rice and millets, 8-10 inches is plenty.
It also depends on how level the field is, it may be alot deeper on one end versus the other.
Good Luck.

[duckcommander727]

where can you get that waterfowl foilage mossy oak makes or I think its mossy oak? If not that then where can you get rice from?