A farmer in southwest Minnesota is experimenting with wide-row corn.
Mark Enninga of Fulda says his project, funded in part by an Innovation Grant from the Minnesota Corn Growers, began last year.
“Within our system we have a standard row spacing of 22 inches, and to utilize wide-row concepts we looked at using 44 inches.”
He compared the two on approximately 30 acres using six replicated strips.
Enninga aerial seeded a cover crop into both the standard and wide-row corn to help control weeds, provide forage for his dairy cattle, and improve soil health. But he says two inches of heavy rain came right after.
