More ears at harvest is the key to higher yield. That requires starting with a picket-fence stand with photocopied plants, achieved by adjusting your planter as conditions change from field to field and within fields.
Growing degree days (GDDs) are a more reliable method to predict corn emergence and development than calendar days. Start calculating GDDs daily the day after planting. Farm Journal Field Agronomist Ken Ferrie explains.
New data reveals 31 counties in 10 U.S. states, 10 rural municipalities in Quebec and three counties in Manitoba and Ontario reported the pest for the first time from 2020 through 2023.
About 45% of U.S. corn production acres and 36% of soybean acres are dry. The western Corn Belt needs moisture, in particular. A big, wet snowstorm could help, says Eric Snodgrass.
