Farmers test narrow corn rows, high plant population
Story Date: 2/12/2014

Source: David Hest, CORN & SOYBEAN DIGEST, 1/31/14

What could be the future of high-yield corn production got a test run on a tiny plot on one of Steve Ford’s best fields in 2013.

Ford, one of about two dozen Corn Belt farmers with similar Stine-sponsored test plots, was more than a little curious about how high-population corn planted in 12-inch rows would stand up – and how it would yield.

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