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 2.  The affect of corn stover removal from 0 to 100% on grain yield and other agronomic parameters for corn on soybean plots (Block II) 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 ------
 
0 205.1 209.5 19.5 55.6 0.0 0.0 49.9 0.356 30250 1488 3.1 9.1 72.6 5/31 7/28 9/30 0 0 0 $0 $0
33 183.7 204.7 19.8 56.4 1.6 2.2 51.8 0.348 26701 1008 3.2 9.3 72.5 5/31 7/28 9/30 23 3 46 $40 $36
67 200.6 213.0 18.7 57.0 3.0 3.7 53.2 0.335 29040 1789 3.1 9.1 72.7 5/31 7/27 9/29 43 6 93 $79 $68
100 196.9 211.8 19.6 56.6 4.6 5.2 51.9 0.368 28718 1183 3.2 9.1 72.5 5/31 7/27 9/30 74 12 151 $132 $96
                                       
Mean 196.6 19.4 56.4 2.3 2.8 51.7 0.4 28677 1367 3.2 9.2 5/31 7/27 9/29 35 5 72   $63 $50
CV% 7.0 4.4 1.2 18.4 5.7 6.9 5.2 56.2 4.3 1.8 0.4 0.0 0.0 24.2 53.1 28.4 26.0
LSD.05 NS   NS NS 0.7   NS NS NS NS 0.2 0.3 0.4 NS NS NS 14 5 33   26  
1Yield adjusted to 15.5% moisture.
Planting Date = May 17; Harvest Date = October 13 ; Previous Crop = Soybean.
Fertilizer Rate lbs/acre = 180 N, 40 P2O5, 157 K2O, 18 S; Irrigation = 8.9 inches.
Detailed material and methods Other corn Studies 2011
Corn hybrid performance trial dry land
Oakes Irrigation Research Site Corn hybrid performance trial irrigated
Home page Report 2011 Corn late planting date and relative maturity study
Corn row width and hybrid study
Green snap in corn
Stover removal corn corn rotation
Strip-tilled continuous corn N rate
Strip-tilled corn N rate soybean rotation