Helping farmers decide the best time to plant corn and sorghum to make the most effective use of their water supply is the goal of a research project being conducted in the Texas Panhandle. These treatments will determine development, yield, and water use, said Dr. Terry Howell, ARS agriucltural engineer.
Crops are under full irrigation and have four planting dates.
The selected planting dates were designed so rainfall would not interfere. Howell, and ARS researchers, Drs.