Here's how they vary in their uses, flavor profiles, and growing practices. When most people think of corn, sweet corn comes to mind—the fresh corn on the cob we like to boil or grill and ...

New insecticide treatment for cabbage root maggots may soon be available to vegetable growers, courtesy of a trial conducted ...

Ear count, not just population, makes corn yield ... to the V6 growth stage,” says Farm Journal Field Agronomist Ken Ferrie. “Dig to find seeds or plants before the evidence is lost.” ...

University of Minnesota Extension crops educator, Hutchinson Corn growth development is now or soon to approach the “R6” stage of reproductive development. This last stage of growth occurs when a ...

Extension Corn Agronomist Jeff Coulter offered some reminders recently about selecting seed for the 2017 crop. Hybrid selection is one of the most important agronomic decisions for corn ...

Seed Corn Maggot Cool and/or wet springs with delayed germination ... Minimum of two samples must be taken for every 10 acres and no less than 10 samples per field. - Soil sampling is not effective. - ...

A corn plant knows how to find water in soil with the very tips of its roots, but some varieties, including many used for ...

The federal label expands potential registration to all 50 states in field and sweet corn seed. Avipel is a liquid seed treatment applied to corn prior to planting. It deters birds from eating ...

Corn stalks are cut and dried out in the field for 15 to 20 days before ears are picked off, manually unhusked, completely de-kerneled with passed down tools, and sorted by kernel size to be sold. The ...

Weather extremes such as drought are an increasing concern among corn growers, especially after the dry conditions that ...

Mexico’s two legislative houses are expected to approve an amendment that will prohibit the cultivation of transgenic corn in ...

There are nearly 60 heirloom corn varieties in Mexico ... Corn stalks are cut and dried out in the field for 15 to 20 days before ears are picked off, manually unhusked, completely de-kerneled ...