Uniform, rapid emergence is the foundation of high-yielding corn. Corn plants that emerge at different times compete unevenly for light, water and nutrients. Soil temperature, soil moisture, ...

Corn is frost-sensitive, so spring planting is ideal.

Mother Nature looks to provide producers in Iowa an optimal planting window this week, as temps will hit the 80s and rain will hold off until the weekend. But those tides could change with potential ...

Growing corn yourself will give you the sweetest, freshest ears, and all you need is a sunny spot.

During a Strategic Farming webinar hosted by the University of Minnesota Extension on March 25, Jeff Coulter, University of Minnesota Extension corn agronomist, offered numerous considerations for the ...

Now is the time to start planting corn. Unlike fruit trees, however, where an orchard with more than one variety of apple, avocado, or apricot tree will result in larger harvests than if only one ...

Plant 25 is already underway in some areas of the country, while in others producers are still penciling out their acreage mix. Farmers in the Northwest Corn Belt have many, but not all of their ...

NAPERVILLE, Illinois, May 5 (Reuters) - U.S. farmers have hit very few snags with corn planting this spring, and the foreseeable future is barrier-free. Dry and mostly warm weather across the Corn ...