Seed Corn Maggot Cool and/or wet springs with delayed germination; Warm weather in late winter resulting in early fly emergence and egg laying before spring tillage; Early planting in fields with poor ...

Ear count, not just population, makes corn yield. The first step to more ears per field is stand and ear counts ... off the stalk in a circular pattern, growing downward at a 30˚ angle.” ...

Sweet corn and field corn are two distinct types of corn ... but you can also feel for the full kernels through the husk. If you’re growing your own sweet corn and don't mind poking a hole ...

The researchers think the crackling noises occur because of tiny fractures from the corn plant stretching, breaking and growing. The time-lapse video documents the noises, along with the plant ...

Field corn is probably what comes to mind when ... what makes Iowa such a wonderful place to grow corn? It comes down to a few key factors. For starters, Iowa has a particularly nutrient-dense ...

As of May 22, only 81 percent of the corn and 38 percent of the soybeans in Minnesota were planted (USDA-NASS, 2011). This is well behind the 5-year average of 93 percent for corn and 68 percent ...

A corn plant knows how to find water in soil with the very tips of its roots, but some varieties, including many used for ...

Oats growing near plots of corn at Iowa State University's Marsden Farm, where researchers have studied long-term rotations of crops since 2001.

The Minnesota Ag Statistics Field Office released the field crop status report on Sept. 9 which reports that 85 percent of corn was in the dough stage, compared to 94 percent average. Fifty ...

In collaboration with professors at the University, researchers are working on a new breed of corn that reduces nitrogen loss. Connor Sible, research assistant professor in ACES, discussed his team’s ...

Corn growing in a western Iowa field in August 2023. (Photo by Jared Strong/Iowa Capital Dispatch) Corn farmers in Iowa, and across the country, will have “full and fair” access to markets in ...