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 ...

“Trying to pick up downed corn will only lower farmers’ insurance checks, destroy combines and drive up drying costs,” says Farm Journal Field Agronomist Ken Ferrie. Because corn went down ...

TOPEKA (KSNT) – Corn farmers are collecting their harvest as summer transitions to fall with some fields looking a little more brown than green. Lucas Haag with the Kansas State University ...

University of Minnesota Extension The agriculturally troubled fall of 2009 may be over, but here comes the sequel-a potentially wet spring. Due to the late ...

“And he could look out and see this dark spot out here.” A Corn Field Landing Pad It was a corn field. A wet fall had prevented the area from being harvested, and the pilots decided it would ...

Curious about how many bushels of corn per acre you can harvest? Discover the average yields, factors that affect harvests, ...

Anthracnose Leaf Blight and Stalk Rot of Corn Anthracnose leaf blight and stalk rot of corn, caused by the fungus Colletotrichum graminicola, is a disease of worldwide importance. Yield losses can ...

If corn was ever jealous of soybean's relationship with nitrogen-fixing bacteria, advancements in gene editing could one day level the playing field. A recent study from the University of Illinois ...