Corn Question????

[nwut05]

Hey I know this is a Tractor Forum and I should ask somewhere else but I am not a corn farmer and hey, Tractors and Farming usually go hand in hand so here it goes with all apologies. I just planted a bag of field corn to use and sell as fodder shocks in the fall, I bought the seed at rural king as it was available and I only needed one bag. I now have discovered after planting 2 acres a label on the bag, it that says treated with Alert 2500 (Nipsit INSIDE and Clothianidin and then at the bottom of the label says contains Metalaxyl????!!!. And it says pretty much don't use for feed and not to expose it to water/Aquatic or environments. Well, I didn't plant it in a swamp thank goodness! however, can I use it for animal feed if I pick the ears in the fall? and what about the fodder any exposure risk from this stuff at point of harvest........? just need a corn grower/expert to give me some dummed down answers thank you all for your time.

 

[m1garand762]

The bag means don’t feed the seed. Nearly all ag seed is treated with fungicides and insecticide

 

[5030]

Why do we not split this site into two part as "Real tractors and agricultre" and "Toy tractors club".

Farmers like the OP and me and some others striving to make a contribution to the World get lost in daily gossip of retiree elders.

Because 90% or more of the commenters on here belong to the latter.

 

[LD1]

Why do we not split this site into two part as "Real tractors and agricultre" and "Toy tractors club".

Farmers like the OP and me and some others striving to make a contribution to the World get lost in daily gossip of retiree elders.

This site is split into several different sub-forums.

Several are "real tractor and ag". There are a few brand specific AG tractor forums. As well as a general "ag tractor and Machinery" forum under related equipment.

But just as this post proves.....it would be a lost cause to split it further. As this very post was posted in a buying/pricing/comparison forum. So even if there was a sub-forum specific for planting field corn.....there is no guarantee this post would have showed up there

 

[MoKelly]

Why do we not split this site into two part as "Real tractors and agricultre" and "Toy tractors club".

Farmers like the OP and me and some others striving to make a contribution to the World get lost in daily gossip of retiree elders.

Get over yourself. Real people don’t try to belittle others.

MoKelly

 

[Williy]

What's the big fuss???? People who own tractors usually
plant things to eat right??????? So what's the beef asking
questions here about planting crops or food or whatever????
Perhaps some people want to know things and we can learn
from what others are doing etc!
We are suppose to be helping others we really don't need
CRITICS!!!

willy

 

[/pine]

JMO but I only consider food crop producers as "real farmers"...
all those hay guys are just grass growers on steroids who like to play farmer...!

 

[nwut05]

Ok guys, just to sort some of the responses I have got from my end, First thank you for taking the time to reply, Second, I looked for an appropriate subtitle to post it in and came up with nothing so I gave it a shot in this forum. Third, I agree with the forum/site being here so we can help each other learn whether it be buying pricing owning operating or just plan I like X color! heck, I bet a lot of the so called professional farmers on here have learned something from a post or two if they actually have read any of them! I also bank that at least one of the new so called glorified gardeners have learned something too. And as for producing the food for sale I done over 5 tons of pumpkins last year and sold them all roadside. I also have raised and sold over 5,000 cabbage heads the past 2 years and sold most of them through my local food hub to grocery stores all over the east coast. I do the glorified grass farming on steroids too! I baled and sold over 20 acres of hay last year, and did I mention I have a full time off the farm 60+ hour a week job....this is the typical farmer in my area, not the 3000 acre 5th generation farmer who doesn't care about anything but commodity costs being up or down at time of the sale.

now back to my question.....is the end harvested corn I planted good to feed to livestock?

 

[nwut05]

The bag means don’t feed the seed. Nearly all ag seed is treated with fungicides and insecticide

thank you

 

[K5lwq]

Yes you can feed it. Just a little late in the season to plant though. Most of the corn around here is starting to tassel.

 

[nwut05]

Yes you can feed it. Just a little late in the season to plant though. Most of the corn around here is starting to tassel.

Thank You again, it says 112 day corn. I am looking more for the fodder/maze end but just wanted to know that I had options for the actual corn ears left over after they dry on the stalk and don't get eat by wildlife etc.

 

[the old grind]

Hey, the mods cn move the thread to another forum but the IMO title was well chosen & I was able to catch it and can learn something.

Anyway, IMO an earlier planting has a better chance to have the soil moisture to get a good start and grow roots that will be deeper when drier weather happens later in the growing season. Seems any crop would be vulnerable to drought conditions and results are often a matter of having a 'good year' no matter what.

btw, don't think hay farmers aren't 'real' farmers and don't know that.

 

[nwut05]

Hey, the mods cn move the thread to another forum but the IMO title was well chosen & I was able to catch it and can learn something.

Anyway, IMO an earlier planting has a better chance to have the soil moisture to get a good start and grow roots that will be deeper when drier weather happens later in the growing season. Seems any crop would be vulnerable to drought conditions and results are often a matter of having a 'good year' no matter what.

btw, don't think hay farmers aren't 'real' farmers and don't know that.

Thank You and agree with moisture, however I can irrigate my 2 acres fairly easily if it sets in dry. Also, I think any farmer is as real as the next farmer just scaled differently and takes a different gamble. And I agree with learning something new always.

 

[the old grind]

I planted 175 white pines here ~ 15 yrs ago expecting to lose up to every other one on my dry sand dune but was able to irrigate with a 2" pump and 1 1/2" fire hose. Now I have three stands of whites that are closer together than they ever needed to be.

 

[mx1alex]

I work in ag all over the the country. There's all types of "professional farmers". To say that guys who cut hay aren't real farmers is a slap in the face. The hay goes to feed live stock just like over half the millions of acres of corn that gets planted does. Tell the farmers in AZ who cut thousands of acres of alfalfa 10-12 times a year for hay that they aren't farmers and see what kind of response you get.

To the OP. Here in MO here's a few guys who do big (like 40 acres big) corn mazes every year and they purposely plant late so that the corn is still green come fall for the kids to run through it.

 

[MossRoad]

Why do we not split this site into two part as "Real tractors and agricultre" and "Toy tractors club".

Farmers like the OP and me and some others striving to make a contribution to the World get lost in daily gossip of retiree elders.

Maybe this site is not the best fit for your needs and you would be better served somewhere else.

 

[Gee Ray]

Maybe this site is not the best fit for your needs and you would be better served somewhere else.

Why would you say such a thing?

There is so much on this site that has nothing to do with tractors. Then when some one suggest that there ought to be an additional forum about farming you tell them to go away.

Chick on "Today's Posts". How many of them have nothing to do with tractors in anyway and there is nothing about them to go somewhere else.

There are not very many people that come here and post info about farming. Much of what is posted is to stroke your own egos. Oh, I just spent 30 or 50 thousands of dollars on a new tractor to clear my 500 foot of driveway in Texas because it snows here every 100 years. Should I buy a red box blade or a green one?

Maybe he did not phrase the statement very diplomatically but he makes a legitimate observation. A thread on how to spread gravel might be important to some newbie with his 1025 or his BX, just as a thread about the grain market might be important to others who farm for a living.

If you take the time to learn outside of your own comfort zone there is a lot that could be learned from others.

 

[Gee Ray]

And tell the person who would spent nearly $200,000 for a hay baler that he is not a farmer.

https://www.tractorhouse.com/listings/farm-equipment/for-sale/204744505/2020-new-holland-big-baler-340-plus-s

 

[MoKelly]

Why would you say such a thing?

There is so much on this site that has nothing to do with tractors. Then when some one suggest that there ought to be an additional forum about farming you tell them to go away.

Chick on "Today's Posts". How many of them have nothing to do with tractors in anyway and there is nothing about them to go somewhere else.

There are not very many people that come here and post info about farming. Much of what is posted is to stroke your own egos. Oh, I just spent 30 or 50 thousands of dollars on a new tractor to clear my 500 foot of driveway in Texas because it snows here every 100 years. Should I buy a red box blade or a green one?

Maybe he did not phrase the statement very diplomatically but he makes a legitimate observation. A thread on how to spread gravel might be important to some newbie with his 1025 or his BX, just as a thread about the grain market might be important to others who farm for a living.

If you take the time to learn outside of your own comfort zone there is a lot that could be learned from others.

Have you actually read what he posts? Has he posted one thread on farming? One?

Or, has he posted comments about Capitalism being evil and toy green tractor farmers and ignorant retirees?

To use a farming term - you reap what you sow.

MoKelly

 

[K5lwq]

He is a kid pretending to be a farmer. He does not have a clue. Instead of trying to learn from those that know, he would rather make himself out to be something he is not. Just the facts.