Efficiency is everything when raising a crop these days. Market prices aren’t as attractive as they were, input costs are constantly rising, and the profit margins are getting squeezed thinner and thinner all the time. So, if there is an opportunity to do a little more with your operation, all without having to incur a lot more work or expense, you would think about it, right?
There are many producers who not only use their land to grow the food that feeds the world but also the food that feeds their families and maybe a few friends. One of those crops that they grow for this purpose is sweet corn. (I will pause while you daydream of butter rolling down your chin on a summer evening.) Many farmers plant a small plot of sweet corn or even a few rows of it with their field corn. However, because field corn and sweet corn aren’t the same, crop protection has been an issue. You don’t want the food you feed your family to come into contact with things it shouldn’t, but you also don’t want to risk sacrificing the protection of your investment in the field corn either. It’s a dilemma.
But now, it’s a little bit easier.
Seminis Vegetable Seeds is out and talking about some options they have in sweet corn varieties that can be safely treated with the same crop protection programs you have come to use on all of your corn acres. Trinity Baker is a Marketing Development Representative with Seminis, and he talks about the versatility these hybrids bring to producers.
Just like your field corn, you want to make sure you pick the best sweet corn hybrids for your acres. Tim Clark is a Sales Representative for Seminis, and he talks about how you can find the traits that are right for you.
Trinity Baker talks about what farmers should think about if they want to plant a few acres of sweet corn in these uncertain weather times. He says it doesn’t require a lot of overthinking.
To learn more, producers can simply google Seminis Performance Series Sweet Corn.
