Farming Video | How Planter Timing Impacts Corn Yield and Profit

19 Aug 252m 46s

Jacob Appleberry and Grace from Live Oak Ag break down the results of their spring flag test on planter performance. By tracking emergence timing and yield data across four days, they show how critical early emergence is to profitability. Day one ears projected the highest return at $64.24 above average, while day four ears resulted in a net loss of $87.49. With consistent emergence on day one, the overall field yield matched projections exactly at 233 bu/ac. Their analysis shows how basic planter maintenance can pay off big, and missing emergence windows can cost real money. The takeaway? Consistency at planting matters, and the proof is in the ears.

00:00:00 Hey guys, Jacob here with Live Oak Ag. I'm Grace. And today we're gonna discuss the results we got from the planter performance test that we did 00:00:07 with the flags back in the spring. Uh, got our day one ear, got our day four ear and grace. And I have got some information that we're gonna give you 00:00:14 and also put on the screen where everybody can read the different numbers. We got, what was our day one, uh, projected yield, 00:00:22 Um, 2 48, Day 2, 2 33. Day 3, 2 38, And day 4, 2 12. Okay, so all respectable numbers. What was our, what was our anticipated average, right? 00:00:39 2 33. The good part about that is we had 72 ears that we counted, uh, among these two rows, 13 foot nine inches, which fits a 38 inch situation 00:00:49 to measure a thousand of a there. The yield that we got off the field through the scales was 2 33. 00:00:56 So we, in this particular instance, projected the yield for this field. Now the good part about this is we got some numbers that go 00:01:04 with this, basing it on a $4 and 25 cents corn. I realize that it could be different whenever you're seeing this video, but 00:01:10 for right now we're looking at $4 and 25 cents corn on the board. So the, the day one we ended up with a $64 00:01:17 and 24 cents average above the projected yield. Day two was $2 and 21 cents, a little bit less, but a, a positive return on planter maintenance. 00:01:30 Day three was $21 and 5 cents. Now, can you tell 'em what this number is? This is day four. And remember the all of it, 00:01:40 87 and 49 cents. Negative. Negative. So they lost money on the day four ear versus the day one ear, didn't they? 00:01:49 So whenever we were looking at this and we were talking about this is what happens whenever you do some planter maintenance 00:01:55 and make sure all your corn comes up in those first couple of days, you get a positive return on your money, 00:02:02 I think. Yes, Sir. So how important is that? Do you want money in your piggy bank or outta your piggy bank? 00:02:07 And so you never want me to take money outta your piggy bank? Exactly. Okay. 00:02:12 So what we're looking at today, guys, is, is the opportunity of doing planter performance and planter maintenance 00:02:18 and doing your flag test to make sure that you've got good per planter performance. So you can hopefully end up making money 00:02:25 and end up with more of these ears and with these ears. 'cause these ears don't work, do they? Mm-hmm. This is a negative here, isn't it? Yes. 00:02:32 And that's a positive here, isn't it? That's positive. This is negative. Exactly. So we'll put this up on 00:02:37 the screen where everybody can read it. 00:02:38.405 --> 00:02:39.845