The Swansons normally plant a suite of hybrids from 100-110 RM at a population of 35,000 seed per acre. Swine manure is utilized as the base of his corn fertility program with commercial fertilizer applied on the balance of the acres based on distance from manure facilities. On acres without manure, they split-apply nitrogen with 75% in the fall as stabilized anhydrous ammonia and the other 25% as liquid nitrogen in the spring.