Ear count, not just population, makes corn yield. The first step to more ears per field is stand and ear counts ... down pressure and/or planting into wet soil.” If the roots look normal ...

One of the things most impacted by these types of events is a grower’s weed management strategy. Dry conditions commonly lead ...

Field corn is next, unless it’s already been collected. Letting it dry out prior to being harvested can help with the ...

Source: Dave Nicolai, Extension Educator, Crops, UMN Extension Warm and dry conditions allowed Minnesota farmers to begin planting in earnest, with significant progress in planting small grain ...

A Corn Field Landing Pad It was a corn field. A wet fall had prevented the area from being harvested, and the pilots decided it would become their runway. The DC3 was the right type of plane to ...

Three of the past five falls have been wet enough to cause ... disk-ripped and spring field-cultivated. In the spring of 2010, the observation areas were flagged. Corn height, population and ...

Infection occurs during wet, humid weather with temperatures between ... Tilling the soil can bury and accelerate the decomposition of infected corn residue. If tilling an infested field, be sure to ...