Posted by NY 986 on September 10, 2014 at 10:42:41 from (174.226.65.222):
In Reply to: What to do posted by oldtanker on September 10, 2014 at 09:14:13:
Now would be the time to evaluate each field's potential versus your desire for that field. I would say to grow corn with today's costs I would want to be assured barring a disaster that a field should have potential for 180 plus dried shelled bushels per acre to take a chance. If your are getting results below that and do not have a firm answer to increase yield then it might be a good idea to go to hay unless you want to gamble on the price and/or yield. Too many guys do things on a whim, or because corn looks impressive, or that's how dad did it, or some other reason that does not take a look at the bottom line. Keep doing an analysis for each field with each planned crop and see what your calculator or pencil tells you versus your heart.
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