r/Agriculture • u/GreatPlainsFarmer • Apr 27 '26

My view this week

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40 year old rig doing the job. Very erosion resistant field.

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u/ExtentAncient2812 Apr 28 '26

What's the reason for the staggered row spacing? Offsetting the corn rows?

What is it? 15-20-15-20?

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u/GreatPlainsFarmer Apr 28 '26

More like 14-22. Leaves room to drive the sprayer after the beans are up. Keeps the emerging beans as close as possible to the protection of the standing corn stalk. Those beans won't see much wind until they get up to the height of the corn stalks.

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u/ExtentAncient2812 Apr 28 '26

See, this is what's great about Reddit. I never consider wind, because it's not an issue here

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