Channel Field Check Up Series: Planning for 2023

Challenges that can restrict yield potential will occur almost every year, but good planning can help limit the impact of those challenges. Identifying and managing the factors that suppress production on each field will help maximize corn yield potential.

Product selection is a key component of high yield potential. The most frequently asked questions from grain farmers are about selecting products to manage challenges with their fields and about what weather, insects or diseases may impact the next crop.

Because there is no crystal ball to consult, the best thing a farmer can do is plan for a bin-busting crop and select products based on a normal growing season, meaning average rainfall and heat units for the area.

Farmers in Illinois should think about their trait package — SmartStax PRO with RNAi Technology, SmartStax Technology, VT Double PRO Technology and so forth — and maturity range when selecting potential corn products.

Selecting a range of products with different strengths and weaknesses will help to maximize potential success if you endure adverse weather conditions during the growing season.

Your local Channel Seedsman will have a good understanding of performance and can help select a corn product that has demonstrated strong yield potential over a wide range of conditions.

When making corn product selections, the best decisions are those based on reliable data providing a view of performance over a range of conditions that, when analyzed together, average out into a normal year.

Visit Channel.com for more information about Channel brand products and to find a Channel Seedsman in your area.

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