2018 Corn Yield Forecast Table 1 Crop Management
This table accompanies the UNL CropWatch article: 2018 Corn Yield Forecasts: Approach and Interpretation of Results.
| Location | Water Regime | Density (plants/acre) | Hybrid RM (days) | 2018 Planting Date‡ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance, NE | Irrigated | 34,000 | 95 | 10-May |
| North Platte, NE | Irrigated | 34,000 | 110 | 9-May |
| Dryland | 15,000 | 105 | 9-May | |
| McCook, NE | Irrigated | 34,000 | 110 | 10-May |
| Dryland | 15,000 | 105 | 10-May | |
| Holdrege, NE | Irrigated | 34,000 | 113 | 1-May |
| Dryland | 17,000 | 105 | 3-May | |
| Clay Center, NE | Irrigated | 34,000 | 113 | 1-May |
| Dryland | 26,000 | 113 | 1-May | |
| Beatrice, NE | Irrigated | 34,000 | 114 | 25-Apr |
| Dryland | 29,000 | 113 | 5-May | |
| Mead, NE | Irrigated | 34,000 | 113 | 27-April |
| Dryland | 27,000 | 113 | 5-May | |
| Concord, NE | Irrigated | 34,000 | 111 | 7-May |
| Dryland | 26,000 | 110 | 7-May | |
| Elgin, NE | Irrigated | 34,000 | 113 | 2-May |
| ONeil, NE | Irrigated | 34,000 | 108 | 16-May |
| Manhattan, KS | Dryland | 25,000 | 110 | 29-April |
| Scandia, KS | Irrigated | 34,000 | 116 | 1-May |
| Dryland | 24,000 | 107 | 10-May | |
| Silverlake, KS | Irrigated | 34,000 | 117 | 20-April |
| Dryland | 24,000 | 109 | 30-April | |
| Hutchinson, KS | Dryland | 20,000 | 105 | 4-May |
| Garden City, KS | Irrigated | 26,000 | 113 | 9-May |
| Lamberton, MN | Dryland | 32,000 | 101 | 13-May |
| Waseca, MN | Dryland | 34,000 | 103 | 13-May |
| Eldred, MN | Dryland | 27,000 | 82 | 11-May |
| Dazey, ND | Dryland | 27,000 | 82 | 17-May |
| St Joseph, MO | Dryland | 30,000 | 112 | 1-May |
| Brunswick, MO | Dryland | 30,000 | 112 | 26-April |
| Monroe City, MO | Dryland | 29,000 | 111 | 28-April |
| Ames, IA | Dryland | 34,000 | 109 | 6-May |
| Crawfordsville, IA | Dryland | 35,000 | 113 | 2-May |
| Kanawha, IA | Dryland | 35,000 | 101 | 18-May |
| Lewis, IA | Dryland | 34,000 | 113 | 4-May |
| Nashua, IA | Dryland | 34,000 | 101 | 13-May |
| Sutherland, IA | Dryland | 34,000 | 103 | 14-May |
| Bondville, IL | Dryland | 34,000 | 113 | 1-May |
| Freeport, IL | Dryland | 34,000 | 103 | 4-May |
| Olney, IL | Dryland | 29,000 | 113 | 3-May |
| Peoria, IL | Dryland | 33,000 | 113 | 30-April |
| SpringField, IL | Dryland | 35,000 | 113 | 29-April |
| Butlerville, IN | Dryland | 32,000 | 113 | 3-May |
| Columbia City, IN | Dryland | 32,000 | 108 | 19-May |
| Davis, IN | Dryland | 33,000 | 108 | 4-May |
| West Lafayette, IN | Dryland | 34,000 | 113 | 4-May |
| Custar, OH | Dryland | 33,000 | 108 | 20-May |
| South Charleston, OH | Dryland | 33,000 | 112 | 10-May |
| Wooster, OH | Dryland | 32,000 | 106 | 20-May |
| Ceresco, MI | Dryland | 32,000 | 105 | 20-May |
| † Data were retrieved by state collaborators and DuPont Pioneer agronomists. ‡ Approximate date at which 50% of final corn area was planted in 2017 at each location. Soil water balance was initialized around prior crop harvest in the previous year (2016), assuming 50% available soil water. TBD: still to be determined. |
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