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More On The Ultra-Narrow Row Corn Controversies

There’s no easy answer, but more farmers are finding benefits to slimming down row widths.

By Frank Lessiter posted on February 1, 2002 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Based on his own experiences and those of other farmers, universities and seed companies who have made direct comparisons of 15- and 30-inch rows, Marion Calmer sees a half dozen major advantages to switching to ultra-narrow row corn.

Grow 18% More Silage!

As narrow row corn moves from an idea to mainstream practices, this extension agent says narrower rows are your best bet for no-till silage.

By Katherine Meitner posted on September 1, 1999 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Even if you're brand-new to the no-till corn scene, you're well aware of the row spacing debate. Some folks swear 30-inch corn is the best spacing. Others are staunch defenders of the 15- or 20-inch plan. And still others maintain 7-inch twin rows is the wave of the future and we might as well get used to it.

Ultra-Narrow Rows Squeeze Out More No-Till Profits

By Joe Shinners posted on July 1, 1999 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Ron Mulford is constantly looking for ways to squeeze more profit out of an acre of ground. A switch to narrower-row crop production was the method he turned to in a push to increase no-till corn yields.

Too Big For Conventional Britches

Here’s what one no-tiller did when conventional tillage became ridiculously inefficient.

February 1, 1999 | Posted in Equipment

Mike Linnehan had a problem. Fortunately, it was a problem that most other no-tillers would consider a kind of blessing. His farm in Sparta, Wis., was getting too big - and conventional tilling just wasn't cutting it anymore.

Higher Profits Fuel Ultra-Narrow-Row Corn

By Joe Shinners posted on May 1, 1998

Results from 1997 continued to fuel the fire that drives Marion Calmer’s research on ultra-narrow-row corn.

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