Name: Monosem 4-row 10' planter

2021-06-02 Planting Plant MSU Soy bean Variety Trial at 180,000 seeds per acre in the west end of G1. Plant the rest of the fields with Blue river 21F3 soy beans at 140,000 seeds per acre.

2021-06-02 Planting Plant Blue River 38G54 corn at 28000 seed per acre.

2022-06-02 Planting Plant blue river 24DC3 soybeans at 180.000 seeds per acre. Ten varieties from MSU soybean breeders were planted in the SW corner of B2E in four replicates.

2023-05-17 Planting Plant open pollinated corn variety trial on the south portion of the field, population 24k. Brook Drove the tractor and Josh dumped seed packets into the planter. Patrick planted the corn population trial on the north portion of the field with an Almaco four row planter and New Holland tractor, populations 16k, 22k, 28k, 34k. A malfunction prevented Patric from planting P17R7 and this was filled in by Josh with the Monosem planter.

2023-05-19 Planting Planted 10" row spacing plots with Monosem Planter

2023-05-19 Planting Started planting field ASP1F1 with soybeans using Monosem 10" row new precision planter. Planted north headlands and east portion of field (about 10 acres) before rain. had some trouble on north headlands with getting enough down pressure to get seed planted as deep as desired.

2023-05-24 Soil Preparation Soil finish fields and plant corn. Soil finisher was washed with hose. Monosem covers were taken off to remove and treated seed.

2023-06-28 Planting Replant corn at 29,000 seeds/acre. Variety. O.84-95UP.

2024-05-02 Planting Plant Pioneer corn at 28600 seeds per acre in potato herbicide project per instructions from Nash and Hannah. there are 15 rows N of the dead furrow and 14 rows South.

2024-05-15 Soil Preparation Soil finish fields in preparation for planting. Josh and Brook planted Open Pollinated corn variety trial in A2 @24k seeds/acre. Josh planted Oaxacan Green corn in A3east.

2024-05-31 Planting Fill in rest of field with DKC55-53 and MN13 corn. Spray residual herbicide program on corn. Wind 6.4 mph SE, 75.8F.

2024-05-31 Planting Plant O.84-95UP corn at 29,400 PLS per acre. Depth was 1.75 inches.

2024-05-31 Planting Plant BR 2155N soybeans at 180k seeds per acre and a depth of 1.25 inches.

2024-06-10 Planting Fill in unplanted portions around research projects using MN 13 corn at 24k seeds per acre. In the OP rate trial planting errors resulted in unplanted plots which were filled in: Pass 14 Range 10, P24 R4 (north half of plot), P24 R5-6. To the east of Manni's plots, 20' were filled in.

2025-05-13 Planting Plant the east half of the field with PB 7311 Gt corn at 29k seeds per acre 2" deep. This is for scouting in non Bt corn.

2025-05-15 Planting Plant open pollinated corn variety trial with Chuck.

2025-05-20 Planting Fill in the rest of the field with Dekalb 101-35 RIB corn. From wheat on the south end of the field: 30' border, 80' Distilling corn Variety trial, 35' border, 80' Distilling corn Rate trial, 10' border, 80' private trial, remainder border.

2025-05-29 Planting Plant PB7311 Gt corn in the west half of the field. This is the second plating date for non-BT corn scouting.

2025-05-29 Soil Preparation Wash soil finisher then dig fields. Clean planter and plant Blue River 84-95 UP corn at 29k seeds per acre and 1.5" deep in C3. On 5/30 plant Blue River 2155N soybeans in C2 at 180k seeds per acre and 1.5" deep.

2025-06-12 Planting Plant 20XF4 untreated soybeans at 180k seeds per acre and 1.5" deep. Lack of moisture is resulting in slow germination.

2025-09-15 Soil Preparation Disk canola variety trial site and former MIKE switchgrass plot. Plant canola variety trial one inch deep, target population 200,000 seeds per acre. Josh loaded seed packet into the planter and Chuck drove the tractor.

2026-05-08 Planting Fertilize sort corn herbicide trial with 20 gallons per acre of 2.2-1.1-0.36 starter fertilizer, bring total nitrogen to 200 lbs./acre. Plant DKC56-26RIB, PR106-20SSC, and PR105-20SSC and 32,000 and 40,000 seeds per acre according to the plot map. Some of the DeKalb was mistakenly planted at 50,000 and may need thinning.

2026-05-11 Planting Plant the first date for the LTAR LTER corn variety trial. Population was 33,500 seeds per acre and seed depth was 1.75 inches.

2026-05-15 Planting Plant distilling corn trial using Bloody Butcher, Ohio Blue, Wapsie Vallie, and DKC101-35RIB corn seed. Population 24,000 seeds per acre. Seed depth 2 inches. Mandaamin Synthesis 37 95 OTM corn was planted on the east and west border of B2-W and the south and west border of B0. PR106-20RIB short corn was planted in the east 30 ft of B2W at 33,500 seeds per acre.

2026-05-18 Planting Plant the second date for the Ag Optimizer trial. 20XF4 treated soybeans at 130,000 seeds per acre, 1.5 inches deep, 30" row spacing.

2026-05-21 Planting Plant soybean variety trial at 130k seeds per acre 1.5" deep. Varieties were 20XF4, 27 XF4, P18Z01E, P21Z71E. Treated and untreated seed for each variety was used except there was no untreated 27XF4.

2026-05-22 Soil Preparation Soil finish the east half of B0 on 5/21. A bled of Pioneer P0306Q, P01851PCE, P05994PCV, P05081V, Dekalb 56DC26, and 101DC35 corn seed was planted at 31K seeds per acre 2 inches deep using 1 part of each Pioneer variety and 2 parts of each DeKalb variety by volume.

2026-05-27 Soil Preparation Wash disk and work fields in preparation for planting. Plant BR84-95UP corn at 29k seeds per acre and 1.75 inches deep.

2026-05-28 Planting Plant 2nd date for corn variety trial. 33.5k seeds per acre 2 inches deep.

2026-05-28 Planting Plant sorghum variety trial, 75k seeds per acre 1 inch deep. Varieties were DeKalb DKS2807, Dynagro M60GB31 Viking 20-52R, and Viking 10-60TW. The remainder of the plot was filled in with 10-60TW.