MORRISBURG — Though it defies conventional crop-rotation wisdom, growing corn in the same field year after year has always had its place. West Quebec’s Peter Finlayson recently highlighted his success with the politically-incorrect practice of growing “corn on corn” for a whopping 50-plus years.
Finlayson says his yield today averages about 165 bu/ac from the same 150-acre plot that has been pushing up corn since 1967. The Eastern Ontario 10-year yield average is 178 bu/ac.
“I obviously haven’t destroyed my land,” Finlayson, a former long-time hog and beef producer, told Farmers Forum.
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