G88-884 Ecofarming: Selecting Corn and Grain Sorghum Hybrids, Planting Dates, and Planting Rates in a Winter Wheat--Row Crop--Fallow Rotation

Authors

Robert N. Klein, University of Nebraska - LincolnFollow
Gail A. Wicks, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
P. T. Nordquist, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Date of this Version

1988

Comments

© 1988, The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska on behalf of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln Extension. All rights reserved.

Abstract

This NebGuide discusses selecting corn and sorghum hybrids, factors that affect yield, plant populations, and more. Treating winter wheat stubble with herbicides after harvest, and then planting corn or grain sorghum in the untilled stubble the next spring, is a practice used for over 15 years in many parts of the Central Great Plains. The residue protects the soil from wind and water erosion. This method of farming is one of the most effective soil and water conservation practices adapted in this century.