Modern, high-tech planters can produce “picket fence” stands of corn with seedlings so uniform they look like they’ve been photocopied. While pretty fields are without a doubt a source of ...

Ear count, not just population, makes corn yield. The first step to more ears per field is stand and ear counts. Determine the causes of gaps, late-emerging plants and missing ears so you know how ...

Field corn can refer to any starchy variety ... Most of the United States grows the exact same variety of corn from one seed, from one company. We're not going to get into that here, but there ...

To protect thousands of varieties of Mexico's prized heirloom corn, leaders vote to amend the constitution to ban the ...

Diseases cause worry ahead of corn planting season among t hose are Tar Spot, Southern Rust and Corn Stunt, as Tim Unruh ...

The physical structure of corn plants—including the angle of leaves bending from the stem and the number of pollen-laden ...

Source: Dave Nicolai, Extension Educator, Crops, UMN Extension Warm and dry conditions allowed Minnesota farmers to begin planting in earnest, with significant progress in planting small grain ...

An analysis of data covering 12 years and 10 U.S. Corn Belt states reveals that farmers suffer economic loss from the overuse ...

Lodging can occur in plants infected with stalk rot. C. graminicola overwinters in corn residue on the surface of the field. In the spring, under warm, rainy conditions the fungus produces spores on ...

The overuse of rootworm-resistant corn has led to the crop becoming less effective at controlling the destructive pest – a problem that could cost an estimated $1.6 billion in lifetime economic losses ...