The idea behind skip row planting is to keep developing corn plants from using all of the available water early in the growing season for vegetative growth. Because water in the soil between widely spaced rows cannot be reached by the plants until later in the season, there is water available to the plants in July and August when corn is very sensitive to drought. In 2003, we started research with skip-row corn. In this trial, all rows of corn were planted and then plants were removed to reduce population, or one or two rows were removed on July 2. Corn by this time will have used 6 inches of soil water. The breakdown of the yield results are as follows: Control - (19,500 population) 41 bu/ac. Removing approximately every third plant, (14,700 population) 41 bu/ac. Every other plant removed, (11,200 population) 45 bu/ac. Series of two rows of corn followed by one row removed equivalent to (13,800 population) 48 bu/ac (17% above the control). Series of two rows of corn with the next two rows removed equivalent to (9,500 population) 54 bu/ac (32% above the control). In 2004 and 2005 research trials were conducted at several locations across Nebraska (Concord, Lincoln, Clay Center, North Platte, Trenton, Hayes Center, Ogallala, Sidney, Alliance and Scottsbluff) and Tribune, KS and Akron, CO. The treatments consisted of three corn populations and four skip-row configurations. There was no irrigation except at Scottsbluff where a reduced irrigation trial was compared to a non-irrigated. Following are the 2005 three skip row configurations averaged over all populations as compared to solid at all populations: North Platte 115 bu/a vs. 131 bu/a, Trenton 68 bu/a vs. 53 bu/a, Ogallala 58 bu/a vs. 52 bu/a, Sidney 68 bu/a vs. 72 bu/a.