“We don’t need moisture meters or anything like that,” he explains. “We plant everything deep, for instance, the corn goes 18 inches deep, depending on where the seeds will find moisture,” relying on ...

“Seeing how tall corn can grow comes down to internode length and quantity,” Karl explains—in other words, the number of leaves a stalk has and the distance between those leaves. He learned early on ...

Growing corn yourself will give you the sweetest, freshest ears, and all you need is a sunny spot. Growing corn in your ...

The majority of economists think we could see more soybean acres than what was revealed in the March Prospective Plantings Report, but they don’t expect the corn acreage estimate to grow much.

Several tractors with push blades work to shape a 50-foot-tall, 4 million-bushel, pile of freshly harvested corn that was being hauled in Hoxie, Kansas. The corn will be ground and mixed with ...

The researchers think the crackling noises occur because of tiny fractures from the corn plant stretching, breaking and growing. The time-lapse video documents the noises, along with the plant ...

The disease was first reported in Illinois in 1924, and has increased in prevalence throughout corn growing regions since 1988. It is believed that an increase in no-till and conservation tillage ...