Ear count, not just population, makes corn yield. The first step to more ears per field is stand and ear counts. Determine the causes of gaps, late-emerging plants and missing ears so you know how ...

“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 ...

Last year, Polansky visited Ventria’s test fields in North Carolina ... it takes about the same amount of water to grow rice as it does corn. While Otte is comfortable with genetically ...

There was nothing easy about the 2024 growing season. But the winners of the 2024 Arkansas Irrigation Yield Contest, also known as Most Crop Per Drop, showed how efficiency can at least make a bad ...