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 ...
Here are five ways your corn fields will likely be pulled in the next five years. Big yields, record whole-farm averages and a never-ending drive toward more bushels might be a thing of the past.
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 ...
ILLINOIS – If you’ve driven around Illinois, there’s a strong chance you’ve noticed corn fields along your commutes. New ...
Field trials on nitrogen-fixing microbes in corn have yet to show reliable benefits, but work continues on their potential of reducing corn's high demand for the nutrient.
Alex Noll is pictured in one of his northeast Kansas’ corn fields. (Courtesy photo.) The Kansas Corn Yield Contest is sponsored by Kansas Corn and K-State Research and Extension. The state ...
If corn was ever jealous of soybean's relationship with nitrogen-fixing bacteria, advancements in gene editing could one day even the playing field. A recent study from the University of Illinois ...