Agricultural Productions Systems McLeod/Meeker County Source: Jerrold Tesmer, Extension educator, Fillmore/Houston counties This ...

Although field corn kernels start out soft like sweet corn, this variety is left to dry on the stalks in the field before harvesting in the fall once much of its sugar content has converted into ...

Low levels of stalk rot occur in nearly every corn field in Delaware, and severity and incidence varies from year to year. Stalk rots can cause breakage and lodging of stalks and plant death. In many ...

In most fields, corn residue remaining after grain harvest is incorporated into the soil with tillage or is left on the soil surface. But corn residue is also becoming a commodity. It’s ...

Anthracnose leaf blight and stalk rot of corn, caused by the fungus Colletotrichum graminicola, is a disease of worldwide importance. Yield losses can approach 40% and up to 80% lodging has been ...

Ear count, not just population, makes corn yield. The first step to more ears per field is stand and ear counts ... Crown roots should come off the stalk in a circular pattern, growing downward ...

“While the stalk integrity of the short-stature corn ... but he would be concerned about combining the corn on fields with much of a slope. “With how close you’re running that header to ...

Corn fields grown especially for overwintering beef cows are a patchwork across our Prairies. Whole corn plants can provide substantial nutrition to ...