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Project Title |
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ROW SPACING COMPARISON FOR MILO |
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Investigator 1 |
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Investigator 2 |
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DOUG KEESLING |
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FRED MILLER, AGRONOMIST |
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1030 AVE N |
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514 EAST AVE SOUTH |
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CHASE, KS 67524 |
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LYONS, KS 67554 |
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Phone |
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Phone |
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(620) 938-2495 |
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(620) 257-5562 |
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Email |
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Email |
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dougkeesling@hotmail.com |
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flmiller17@excite.com |
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Statement of Problem |
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DO WE REALLY NEED TO OWN BOTH A PLANTER AND A DRILL FOR A |
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WHEAT / MILO ROTATION FARM? DOES ROW SPACING EFFECT WEED PRESURE? |
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Project Objectives |
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WE WANT TO SEE IF SOLID SEEDED DRILLED MILO WILL REDUCE FARM OVERHEAD
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ABLE TO ELIMATE THE NEED OF A PLANTER WITHOUT REDUCING YIELD. |
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Methodology |
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WE WILL PLANT 30' STRIPS OF AT LEAST TWO DIFFERENT PLANTING METHODS.
ONE |
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STRIP BEING PLANTED WITH A PLANTER AND THE OTHERS BEING DRILLED ON 10"
& 20". |
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WE WILL ALSO BE CHANGING SEEDING RATES FIVE TIMES TO DETERMINE THE
OPTIMUM RATE |
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FOR THE TWO DIFFERENT METHODS. WE ALSO PLAN ON REPLICATING THIS STUDY
ONCE. |
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WE WILL ALSO TRY TO DO THIS ON ANOTHER FIELD WITH A DIFFERENT SOIL
TYPE IF POSSIBLE. |
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Expected outcome / Benefit to KARA |
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LEARNING OPTIMUM PLANTING METHOD & RATE |
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FOR DRYLAND MILO IN CENTRAL KANSAS. |
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