From Cross-Check Rows to Modern Planting: Corn Planting - Southeast AgNET

From Cross-Check Rows to Modern Planting: Corn Planting - AgNet West

Evolution of Corn Planting in the U.S. In this edition of American Agriculture History Minute, Mark Oppold takes us back to the late 1700s and early 1800s, a period when ... Read More The post From Cross-Check Rows to Modern Planting: Corn Planting appeared first on AgNet West.

From Cross-Check Rows to Modern Planting: Corn Planting - Southeast AgNET

Evolution of Corn Planting in the U.S. In this edition of American Agriculture History Minute, Mark Oppold takes us back to the late 1700s and early 1800s, a period when corn planting was a labor-intensive, hands-on process. Early American farmers used a method known as cross-check planting, where hills of corn were planted in evenly spaced rows running north-south and east-west. From Cross-Check Rows to Modern Planting: Corn Planting Through th…