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 ...

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

Blue corn prefers well-drained soil with a neutral pH level. Before planting, make sure to test your soil's pH and adjust it ...

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

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 ...

In these states, farmers commonly plant corn continuously ... Christina DiFonzo, the field crop entomologist at Michigan State University, compared bundling seed traits to the packages formerly ...

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 ...