In 2024, over 165 million bushels of corn were impacted by stalk rot diseases. Learn how to identify different corn stalk rots to dial in your management plan.

Knee high by the fourth of July – that's the traditional benchmark for corn growth, but at Reese Farms in DeWitt Township, ...

The end-of-season corn stalk nitrate test is a simple, inexpensive tool that can be used to assess the nitrogen (N) status of a corn crop at the end of the growing season. Studies in Delaware, and ...

How many times have you heard the phrase "knee-high by the Fourth of July" when referring to corn crops? What does it mean?

Choose plants that complement corn. Growing corn is exciting to watch as it goes from a small, humble seedling to a tall and ...

Cheaper hay, corn stalk residue and other trials keep this cow-calf producer saving money on winter feeding Cow-calf production in the upper Midwest is not historically profitable every year ...

The smaller stalks could also lead to less water use at a time of growing drought concerns.. U.S. farmers grow corn on about 90 million acres (36 million hectares) each year, usually making it the ...

MASON CITY, Iowa - A single stalk of corn located in front of a Mason City restaurant has left North Iowa farmers puzzled. The 5- to 6-foot-tall plant located in front of the Wild Horse Western ...

Cameron Sorgenfrey holds a tall corn stalk next to a short corn stalk along one of his fields, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024, in Wyoming, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) ...