Optimum Seeding Rates
| Optimum Seeding Rates | Optimum Plant Stand | |
| Dryland | 600,000 to 900,000 seeds/ac | |
| Irrigation | 900,000 to 1,350,000seeds/ac |
Seeding Rate with Actual Seed Drop | Stand with 80% Germination & Emergence | |||||||
| Seeds/Foot of Row | Plants/Foot of Row | |||||||
| Row Width (in) | Row Width (in) | |||||||
| 7.5 | 10 | 12 | 7.5 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 600,000 | 8.6 | 11.5 | 13.8 | 480,000 | 6.9 | 9.2 | 11.0 | |
| 700,000 | 10.0 | 13.4 | 16.1 | 560,000 | 8.0 | 10.7 | 12.9 | |
| 800,000 | 11.5 | 15.3 | 18.4 | 640,000 | 9.2 | 12.2 | 14.7 | |
| 900,000 | 12.9 | 17.2 | 20.7 | 720,000 | 10.3 | 13.8 | 16.5 | |
| 1,000,000 | 14.3 | 19.1 | 23.0 | 800,000 | 11.5 | 15.3 | 18.4 | |
| 1,100,000 | 15.8 | 21.0 | 25.3 | 880,000 | 12.6 | 16.8 | 20.2 | |
| 1,200,000 | 17.2 | 23.0 | 27.5 | 960,000 | 13.8 | 18.4 | 22.0 | |
| 1,300,000 | 18.7 | 24.9 | 29.8 | 1,040,000 | 14.9 | 19.9 | 23.9 | |
| 1,400,000 | 20.1 | 26.8 | 32.1 | 1,120,000 | 16.1 | 21.4 | 25.7 | |
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