Full-season Hybrids Did Better Planted Early  All hybrids
yielded poorly at late-May planting date.  Published on: Dec 17,
2007 One of the studies in the exclusive Corn Illustrated
project this year was a small-plot study designed to figure out
what relative maturity of hybrids works best at a range of
planting dates. Or put differently, should you plant early
hybrids first, or plant late or full season hybrids first? And
if you get caught and are still planting corn later in the
season, which maturity range of hybrids should you try to obtain
from your seed dealer and then plant on your farm?  Dave Nanda,
president of Bird Hybrids, LLC, Tiffin, Ohio, long-time plant
breeder and consultant for the Corn Illustrated project
initiated by Farm Progress Companies, set up the experiment to
demonstrate what he's seen in other years. And even though the
year turned out to be extremely stressful where the plots were
located, Edinburgh, Ind., the results, in terms of trends, were
similar, just more pronounced in some w