just looking or thinking out load, me it's DK, and hope( aim/try) I pick between 22% to 15%. the dryer it gets, of coarse it shells more, but I"m combineing beans and don't get to pick'n in time this yr I plan to chop headland off and split feild, then start pick"n early.
We plant the same as the rest of the corn, on a Liberty/Roundup cycle. We rotate beans and corn every year, but rotate hay into that mix every few years. We ear pick the corn closest to the crib each year, and like you, try to pick it at higher moistures in between bean combining. We have a hillside farm, so we have always planted hay strips and grassy waterways for erosion control. A few years ago, we started planning the locations of those hay strips so we could drive on them when we started picking. We only have pull-type pickers (NI 324/327s) that work anymore (old NI mounteds in the shed, but worn plumb out). That way we don't have to a) ask and wait for the neighbor to open the field with his Uni, b) buy our own Uni or another mounted picker (enough to take care of now), c) combine, then dry out, one load of high-moisture corn, or d) hand-pick the end rows (no thanks, no time). It is working out well for us so far.
