Corn generally reaches black layer ... which can mean problems at the grain elevator and harvest. Too much water might encourage stalk rots and cause poor standability. Lacking nutrients means ...

It might be that as a nation we’re better at growing corn than sugarcane (we do have ample ... The only ok part is the Sweet Surprise graphic at the end. It’s just a stalk of corn wrapped in blue ...

Managing the shorter corn stalks and plant matter is another factor Blomgren encourages farmers to think through as they plan harvest. “If you’re running the header for a standard hybrid ...

Pick corn in the morning hours when the ears are 15 to 30°F cooler than at midday. To harvest, hold the stalk in your non-dominant hand to steady it. Grasp the cob with your dominant hand and ...

Corn can serve as a natural structure for other plants to climb. "In home garden settings corn can be intercropped with other ...

It is more severe where corn follows corn. Management of Diplodia stalk ... Fusarium stalk rot is more severe where stress factors occur during the growing season, as with Gibberella stalk rot. The ...

but the harvest season runs until October. Corn is a summertime staple, but those long stalks need some time to get growing.

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 ...

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 rot occur in nearly ...