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JimD 
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Posted: 28 Jan 2021 at 10:22pm |
I want to grow a few acres of dent corn to feed to my livestock. Not so much for saving money but for learning the process. I've grown sweet corn, but seem to lose it to racoons, storms, etc. New house and land so I have lots of room to try. I cannot find any place to buy it local (Tulsa). Any suggestions on how to source it without drive 300 miles and buying a truckload?
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shameless dude
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Posted: 28 Jan 2021 at 10:28pm |
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Sam's club used to sell seed corn...think it was United Seeds. i did plant some years ago, bought 2 bags for cheap, they yielded just as good as my other brands. about anyone that sells seed can ship it to you, prolly by FedEx or others. just contact the companies, tell them what you need, what plate size, what seed size, what maturity, what height, ect.
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Tbone95
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Posted: 29 Jan 2021 at 8:05am |
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You can't buy seed in Tulsa, OK??? That's odd.
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DMiller
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Posted: 29 Jan 2021 at 8:30am |
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Check under AG Services industries in your local directories. I know MFA in MO and you are not far from the line, has Seed Corn can buy by the bag.
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Brian F(IL)
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Posted: 29 Jan 2021 at 10:55am |
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lt will depend on the seed grower and seed size, but a "normal" bag of seedcorn is enough to plant about 2.5 acres. Ultimately, it will depend on your planter settings e.g. population count.
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allisbred
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Posted: 29 Jan 2021 at 4:50pm |
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What is “dent corn”? Why not grow field corn for livestock?
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DMiller
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Posted: 29 Jan 2021 at 5:04pm |
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We always called it Horse Corn, same variety all have been planting for the last few years. Feed corn, Seed Corn, Horse Corn, Dent corn all the same. Comes down to as dries kernels 'Dent' forms as moisture drop collapses kernel husk.
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Lars(wi)
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Posted: 29 Jan 2021 at 8:09pm |
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We called it ‘field corn’.
Make sure you get the correct variety for your frost zone.
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allisbred
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Posted: 29 Jan 2021 at 8:52pm |
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Any Ag store or seed rep should be able to get you treated seed for planting. If planning to do yourself, ask a local farmer to help get you set up. It’s a little more than just putting seed in the ground and let it grow. If your looking for feed, look for a local elevator or may even just drive down the road to any farm you see storage tanks and ask if they are willing to sell a few tons. Most likely will get you pointed in the correct direction.
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allisbred
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Posted: 29 Jan 2021 at 9:00pm |
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I have sometimes just ordered seed online for trials, end up paying a shipping cost but that will keep you from driving around I guess and expedite a little. I haven’t been to Tulsa in about 20 years, there was a lot of corn grown back then in the area, did something change?
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Posted: 29 Jan 2021 at 9:13pm |
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i think the seed companies still call it: #2 yellow corn.
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Posted: 30 Jan 2021 at 11:46am |
common corn UNLESS you are talking about OPEN POLLINATED varieties which are the old kind before hybrids. ---- they say its better for feed but yields less and dont stand very well ----weak stalks. I never grew it so dont know the quality of of it for sure.
IF you choose hybrid type----make sure you get the roundup kind! ----makes the weed/grass problem a whole lot better to control.
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Posted: 30 Jan 2021 at 1:19pm |
 allisbred wrote:
Any Ag store or seed rep should be able to get you treated seed for planting. If planning to do yourself, ask a local farmer to help get you set up. It’s a little more than just putting seed in the ground and let it grow. If your looking for feed, look for a local elevator or may even just drive down the road to any farm you see storage tanks and ask if they are willing to sell a few tons. Most likely will get you pointed in the correct direction. |
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Posted: 30 Jan 2021 at 6:16pm |
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Schumways seed catalogue has the old fashioned kind. They also have some of the best shoepeg sweet corn you can grow. We planted a lot of it for organic sweet corn.
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allisbred
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Posted: 31 Jan 2021 at 2:01pm |
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I have some seed (supposed to be from food bank) that has a little husk around each kernel. I planted it in the garden, plant was only about 3ft tall, ear was only a few inches long. Is that what you are talking about? I never knew exactly what to call it. Not sure what could be done with it though.
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modirt
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Posted: 31 Jan 2021 at 2:29pm |
If we are talking about plain old Roundup Ready field corn, that is available all over the place.
What you may be looking for is something more exotic......like Reid's yellow dent corn, which will mean you may have to get creative and find an online seller and have it shipped to you. MO Southern Seed in Rolla, MO has it listed on their website, but I don't see any prices listed. BTW, MO Southern is a great place to go looking for cover crops, food plot mixes, etc.
Either way, 1 Bu should plant about 4 to 5 acres.
Next question is......how you gonna harvest it? Or just let it stand for the wildlife?
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Posted: 31 Jan 2021 at 6:51pm |
allisbred wrote:
I have some seed (supposed to be from food bank) that has a little husk around each kernel. I planted it in the garden, plant was only about 3ft tall, ear was only a few inches long. Is that what you are talking about? I never knew exactly what to call it. Not sure what could be done with it though. |
That is called pod corn.
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You mean that New York rich guy did not know 
what he was talking about.
