Corn
One of the more important factors determining the relative profits between corn and soybeans are relative corn and soybean yields.
If you refer to Bt corn hybrid stacks and pyramids as if the terms are interchangeable, you aren’t alone. However, corn hybrid stacks and pyramids aren’t the same.
Move over waterhemp, ragweed, lambsquarters and all your weedy friends. There’s a new rabble-rouser in cornfields this season: volunteer soybeans.
Even in fields that receive timely rains, corn ears with unfilled tips may be common.
Wet weather, late planting and an armyworm infestation are just a few of the problems that have plagued the North Star State.
Pinch-row compaction is the culprit, and the consequences are more than aesthetic.
The plant’s contribution from below ground is increasingly a focus to manage hybrids for maximum yield.
Corn is going through pollination right as daytime temperatures are the highest for the season.
Conventional wisdom says fungicide use in corn during a drought makes little to no sense. Some plant health experts and farmers believe otherwise.
After last summer, a lot of farmers are asking David Thompson whether they should stick with the same corn plant populations in 2013.