Crop Comments: Early Corn Planting’s Color Indicates Proper Timing for Next Planting
Country Folks, Crop Comments
May 6, 2026

Crop Comments: Early Corn Planting’s Color Indicates Proper Timing for Next Planting

As I’m writing this column in late April’s pre-dawn, it appears that spring has not quite grabbed the climate reins from winter. Autmn-planted winter annuals are looking pretty good – crops like wheat, rye, triticale, barley and speltz. But perennial crops are taking their sweet time breaking dormancy.

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