Continuous corn

[gil.gullickson]

All,

Back in 12/2013, I wrote a story (see below link) about corn on corn. At that time, it still seemed the thing to do, given some fairly high prices. 

Has that backed off? I thought it would have, but the 3/31/15 USDA planting intentions report showing corn acres above trade expectations blew my thinking (and unfortunately, corn prices, too.) 

Just curious if you adjusted your rotations any this year. 

http://www.agriculture.com/crops/corn/production/16-steps-to-better-cnoncn-continuous_137-ar36374

Thaks,

Gil 

[idalivered]

Just my observation, but it appears (to me anyway) in my part of north iowa there is ALOT of coc acres. A bunch. Maybe just a "here" thing. I have a litle less coc, but mostly a field rotation thing. Not really an adjustment.

[Jim Meade / Iowa City]

I think there is a lot of COC in Illinois.  In my part of Iowa, it's mostl rotated.  The agronomic and finanncial benefits are significant.  I've tried COC several times and it hasn't impressed me for my situation.  I have a neighbor with cattle who has COC because he needs the feed.

[gil.gullickson]

Thx. Wonder if that's due to all the ethanol plants in north IA and ethanol/livestock in NW IA? 

There's a highway in Illinois (U.S. Highway 24, I think) that goes from around Peoria to the IN border. Some years, it feels like I'm driving in a tunnel with all the corn that's planted. Seems like some years, there's 7 corn field to every soybean field. Be interesting to see if that's the case this year.

Gil 

[tree fmr]

Personally we have not changed our corn/soybean rotation. Rumor mill says some are planting more soybeans because the banker wouldn't finance corn. Anyone else hearing this?