Field Corn - What Happened???

[pjbci]

Just go buy a bag of DEER CORN, it will grow just as well and is no different other than contains some cracked seed. (just over seed it to make up for non viable seed.)

Otherwise ya might look at local equity or a neighbor farmer for a small donation to his beer fund.

Mark

A bag of deer corn or feed corn of any kind other than seed corn is hybrid corn. Meaning it is sterile. Although it will come up and make an "ear" it will not have any kernals on the ear.

 

[sam5570]

:licking:

Forget about the feed. Let's talk about raising ducks! I ordered duck in a restaurant a few weeks ago and became a fan (it was better than a great meal). Looking at the local supermarkets, I see frozen ducks price out at $4/lb!!!

make sure you order the milking ducks that way you can sell the milk and then eat the duck win win:licking:

 

[dave1949]

You can look for "flint" corn. I believe it an open-pollinated corn which will come true to seed.

Here is an example: (17.5 cents per seed is a bit much , but the pic is nice)
Corn Organic Garland Flint Corn Seeds by thegardenstudio on Etsy

 

[teejk]

:licking:make sure you order the milking ducks that way you can sell the milk and then eat the duck win win:licking:

Ok...I'll play the set-up guy. How do you milk a duck?

 

[tcreeley]

Go to the local feed store & buy a 50lb bag of regular feed corn. Plant what you need & feed the the rest to the animals. I have planted this for food plots & it works just fine.

It has been some years for me, but the field corn we bought was all treated with poison to kill the crows that would land and dig it up after planting. Don't feed that to your ducks!

Feed corn should be just fine- not cracked corn!

 

[Mace Canute]

Not feed corn, seed corn, to reduce disease in the seedlings and to kill rodents who eat it. Almost all seed corn is treated with poisons.

Except Timm250 didn't say SEED corn, he said FEED corn and Stimw said in reply to Timm250
"You have to be careful that it wasn't treated with anything to help it germinate!" to which I asked "Why would feed corn be treated with anything to enhance germination?"

 

[Soapandbacon]

This so messed up, why can't corn just be corn....

 

[DT86]

That sounds like an excellent idea. Unless, the corn police come out and decide you've planted round up ready corn.
http://nelsonfarm.net/issue.htm

And that is why Monsanto is pure evil.