Oakes Irrigation Research Site
Carrington Research Extension Center * North Dakota State University
P.O. Box 531, Oakes, ND 58474-0531, Phone: (701) 742-2744, FAX: (701) 742-2700, E-mail:  Walter.Albus@ndsu.edu
Table 1.  The affect of corn stover removal from 0 to 100% on grain yield and other agronomic parameters for corn on corn plots in 2011.                  
Grain Stalk DM Chlorophyll NDRE Population   
Stover Grain Yield Harvest  Test Stalk DM Removal  Reading Reading After Stalk Grain Emerge Silk Mature Nutrients in stover Nutrient Value
Removal Yield1 2009-2010 Moisture Weight Removal  2008-2010 10-Aug 28-Jul Green Snap Nitrate-N Oil Protein Starch Date Date Date N P K   2011 2008-2011
% bu/ac % lb/bu ------ ton/ac ------ ppm ------------%------------- --------- lb/acre --------- ------ $/ac ------
 
0 193.8 204.5 19.2 56.3 0.0 0.0 51.7 0.349 28879 2973 3.2 9.2 72.5 6/2 7/28 9/30 0 0 0   $0 $0
33 189.9 204.5 19.1 56.2 2.2 2.3 50.8 0.346 27427 2051 3.1 9.1 72.7 6/1 7/28 9/29 44 6 69   $66 $42
67 207.5 209.6 18.7 56.6 2.8 3.6 51.6 0.347 30734 1719 3.1 9.1 72.7 5/31 7/28 9/29 52 6 84   $78 $60
100 204.9 208.5 18.8 56.8 4.0 5.3 50.3 0.335 29847 2361 3.2 9.2 72.5 5/31 7/26 9/28 68 8 109   $102 $84
Mean 199.0   18.9 56.5 2.2 2.8 51.1 0.344 29222 2276 3.2 9.1 72.6 5/31 7/27 9/29 41 5 65   $61 $47
CV% 3.7 3.6 1.6 14.7 3.5 2.8 5.2 43.6 3.6 2.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 21.3 45.8 23.9 19.7
LSD.05 11.8   1.1 1.5 0.5   NS NS 2421 NS 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.5 1.5 NS 14 4 25   19.4  
1Yield adjusted to 15.5% moisture.
Planting Date = May 17; Harvest Date = October 13 ; Previous Crop = Corn.
Fertilizer Rate lbs/acre = 220 N, 40 P2O5, 157 K2O; 18 S; Irrigation = 8.9 inches.
Other corn Studies 2011
Detailed material and methods Corn hybrid performance trial dry land
Corn hybrid performance trial irrigated
Oakes Irrigation Research Site  Corn late planting date and relative maturity study
Home page Report 2011 Corn row width hybrid study
Green snap in corn
Stover removal corn soybean rotation
Strip-tilled continuous corn N rate
Strip-tilled corn N rate soybean rotation