Track early corn growth stages to time input applications. From V1 to tasseling, protect yield potential with a proactive management plan.

With corn planting well underway, it is time to start assessing germination and emergence. If corn is slow to emerge, it is a good idea to dig up seeds to gauge seed quality and germination, ...

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, ...

Extend the growing season by starting corn indoors for higher seed germination rates and successful transplantation to yield better crop production. My father-in-law used to find great mirth at the ...

From planting depth to using low-salt in-furrow products, David Hula and Randy Dowdy detail management practices that help ...

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

However, counting on your harvest in advance could lead to disappointment as you can never be sure how a crop will fare with pests or weather. A planting method, known as companion planting or ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Farmers with recently planted and newly emerged corn need to watch their fields for cold injury, even though much of the damage likely won't be known until harvest, a Purdue ...

If you’ve recently done any driving through the rural parts of our area, you’ve probably seen tractors pulling planters down beautiful rows of prepared soil. That’s because it’s corn planting time.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Planting corn for the year is getting higher and higher on Jim Ketelhut’s to-do list. Ketelhut, who has been farming 15 miles south of Chamberlain for more than 30 years, ...

Like the start of a big NASCAR race or the beginning of a Championship game, many farmers in southern Minnesota and Iowa began full-scale field work during the week of April 13-19. Farm operators in ...