Modern Corn ProductionHow the corn plants grows, corn in your farming system, hybrid selection, seedbed preparation, planting for high yields, fertilizing for top profit, water management, weed control, combating corn troubles, harvesting and storing high quality silage, harvesting, storing, and marketing grain corn, environmental protection and improvement, efficient use of energy, a look into the future. |
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Is continuous corn most profitable? | 33 |
PLANTING FOR HIGH YIELDS | 77 |
Hilldrop or drill? | 83 |
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