Volunteer corn is the surprise guest of the growing season, sprouting where it’s unwanted, lowering yields and throwing a ...

Stalk rots, wind storms and other challenges throughout the year may mean you have down corn. While this is never ideal and often brings yield loss, you can manage your losses through a few steps.

What is your worst corn growing nightmare? Is it a potentially successful growing season marred by stalk rots, diseases, stalk lodging and reduced harvestability? Even though approximately 20 to ...

Farmers are seen with their large corn pickers bringing in the harvest before fall rains begin. But you have to wonder: “Are all those cornstalks just a prop for the sweet corn or popcorn or ...

With better growth and less height, stalks are denser and stronger than standard corn. Anchoring into the soil increases with ...

The downed stalks can also cause more plant material to be pulled into the combine. More: Iowa farmers nervous about 2023 income as harvest begins amid drought, high production costs The soybean ...

Not only are Iowans sweating in this humidity, but the corn stalks are too. These factors are making it humid in Iowa.

Farmers and experts are keeping a close watch as the disease rears its head far earlier in the growing season than usual.

Stalk Rots on Corn. Stalk rots are one of the most significant set of diseases on corn. These diseases are insidious, and often growers are unaware of their effects until harvest. Low levels of stalk ...

The end-of-season corn stalk nitrate test is a simple, inexpensive tool that can be used to assess the nitrogen (N) status of a corn crop at the end of the growing season. Studies in Delaware, and ...

Before farming became mechanized, picking corn by hand and pitching ears into a horse-drawn wagon was how harvesting was done. In the late 19th century, local contests were held to determine the ...