Weather Michigan’s corn, other crops maturing quickly, harvest may be done early Published: Aug. 22, 2024, 1:50 p.m.

After all your hard work in the garden, it's a massive disappointment to peel open a corn ear only to discover missing ...

He cites one test plot that shows the highest yield for twins at 120,000 plants per acre; for 20" rows at 160,000 plants per acre; and for 30" rows at 200,000 plants per acre.

Row Crop Recipe: Practices to Help Agriculture Reduce Nitrogen Loss, Cut Carbon Footprint The right timing of nitrogen aplications are important, but K-State’s Chuck Rice is digging deeper to ...

It’s not that corn sweats more than other plants — an acre releases less moisture on average than, say, a large oak tree — ...

Significant rainfall this month has continued to deplete drought conditions across Iowa. On Thursday, the U.S. Drought ...

When short corn is planted in narrow rows, its leaf canopy fills in faster, better controlling weeds and even protecting the soil below from heavy rainfall. Shorter crops also allow farmers to ...

Without that, our voice is not going to be heard.” The crop insurance program is a prime example of this, he said. “I don’t think there’s a bigger advocate of corn,” he said.

When most growers plant corn, they expect perfect, uniform rows and plump and pearly yellow kernels lining the cob. But a group of USDA Agricultural Research Service scientists intentionally plant the ...