Field Corn - What Happened???

[Farmerboy]

I'll make this short....

My daughter got six baby ducks for Easter. My wife and daughter got the idea that we would raise a small plot of field corn (150-feet by 50-feet) for feed during the winter. I know, I know, it would likely be easier to just go and buy the corn already shelled. But, we wanted to have the pride of raising our own.

So.....I went into the local feed & seed and discovered that the smallest bag of field corn seed I could purchase was 50-pounds, and was somewhere around $220 and would plant 3 acres. My face was like this -

I go into the second store, find out that a non-round up ready bag will run me somewhere around $130, and would still be the 50-pound bag. I thanked the owner for his time, explained my situation, and then asked if he knew of anywhere I could just buy 5 pounds. He then told me, BY LAW, he couldn't separate the bag, and that he didn't know of anywhere to purchase the seed in such a small quantity.

Maybe I'm crazy, but I swear that when I was a kid, you could go into the local feed & seed and purchase field corn by the pound/ounce out of an old wood box, with a metal scoop, and an old scale.

What happened in the past 30 years that the sale of corn seed is now regulated by law? I LOVE America. Live on a farm. Fly the flag everyday. But when I heard that, I was completely shocked and disappointed.

I'm just going to ask my neigbor (a corn farmer) if he'll sell me 5 pounds of seed.

Obviously I've gotten lost in the past somewhere, but is anyone else floored by this?

 

[newbury]

http://sustainableseedco.com/heirlo...seed/truckers-favorite-yellow-corn-seeds.html

5lbs for $27

Truckers Favorite Yellow Corn Seeds - Sustainable Seed Co.

 

[Timm250]

Go to the local feed store & buy a 50lb bag of regular feed corn. Plant what you need & feed the the rest to the animals. I have planted this for food plots & it works just fine.

 

[stuckmotor]

Go to the local feed store & buy a 50lb bag of regular feed corn. Plant what you need & feed the the rest to the animals. I have planted this for food plots & it works just fine.

That sounds like an excellent idea. Unless, the corn police come out and decide you've planted round up ready corn.
http://nelsonfarm.net/issue.htm

 

[Creamer]

Go to the local feed store & buy a 50lb bag of regular feed corn. Plant what you need & feed the the rest to the animals. I have planted this for food plots & it works just fine.

Just plant it thicker than normal as some will not germinate.

 

[farmgirl19]

I think R H Shumway has the yellow dent field corn. I actually think it taste better than the sweet corn. More flavor, and less sweet. It is NOT GMO, as Shumway does not sell GMO.

Garden Seed | Vegetable Garden Seed | Garden Seed Catalog | Garden Seed Company | R.H. Shumway's

 

[sam5570]

I'll make this short....

My daughter got six baby ducks for Easter. My wife and daughter got the idea that we would raise a small plot of field corn (150-feet by 50-feet) for feed during the winter. I know, I know, it would likely be easier to just go and buy the corn already shelled. But, we wanted to have the pride of raising our own.

So.....I went into the local feed & seed and discovered that the smallest bag of field corn seed I could purchase was 50-pounds, and was somewhere around $220 and would plant 3 acres. My face was like this -

I go into the second store, find out that a non-round up ready bag will run me somewhere around $130, and would still be the 50-pound bag. I thanked the owner for his time, explained my situation, and then asked if he knew of anywhere I could just buy 5 pounds. He then told me, BY LAW, he couldn't separate the bag, and that he didn't know of anywhere to purchase the seed in such a small quantity.

Maybe I'm crazy, but I swear that when I was a kid, you could go into the local feed & seed and purchase field corn by the pound/ounce out of an old wood box, with a metal scoop, and an old scale.

What happened in the past 30 years that the sale of corn seed is now regulated by law? I LOVE America. Live on a farm. Fly the flag everyday. But when I heard that, I was completely shocked and disappointed.

I'm just going to ask my neigbor (a corn farmer) if he'll sell me 5 pounds of seed.

Obviously I've gotten lost in the past somewhere, but is anyone else floored by this?

don't you know now days [you don't feed corn to nothing but your vehicle]

 

[MotorSeven]

don't you know now days [you don't feed corn to nothing but your vehicle]

no kidding.........

 

[Barry 1]

You can buy Reids's yellow dent on Ebay-best buy I saw was 10# for $30

 

[Stimw]

Go to the local feed store & buy a 50lb bag of regular feed corn. Plant what you need & feed the the rest to the animals. I have planted this for food plots & it works just fine.

You have to be careful that it wasn't treated with anything to help it germinate!