May 30, 2007
Entering the NCGA National Corn Yield Contest just got easier. For the second year, corn growers entering the nation’s premier agricultural production competition can register online.
May 29, 2007
On this sunny Tuesday morning, the weeds continue to grow and the wind continues to blow. At least it stopped gusting long enough to rain — some growers were lucky enough to have a good day on Sunday to spray if their fields were dry enough. But that was about it.
May 28, 2007
There is something about 30 mph winds and sand/grit/soil blasting across corn fields at seedling height that makes one curious about the ability of corn to recover from early season damage.
May 28, 2007
In a project that began about a dozen years ago, University of Nebraska-Lincoln scientists discovered a gene that has been used to create broadleaf crops that tolerate spraying with the popular herbicide dicamba.
May 28, 2007
As is usual in Indiana, late spring thunderstorms rumbling across the state often include damaging hail.
May 25, 2007
Dow AgroSciences announced today that it has received federal registration for SureStart™ herbicide, a new soil-applied foundation herbicide specifically designed for use in Roundup Ready® corn.
May 25, 2007
Wednesday night and Thursday brought heavy rain in central Iowa on the west side of I-35; rain on the east side of I-35 was more moderate.
May 25, 2007
Corn can survive despite floods, rain, wind, hail, ponding, and saturated soils!
May 25, 2007
Extension Update is a weekly summary of news from Extension, government, and other attributable sources, focused on marketing, farm management, and other issues that are of interest to Midwestern farm owners and operators.
May 25, 2007
Here’s the latest report from the Univ. of Missouri.
May 24, 2007
Anxiety about wet fields and delaying planting in April has turned in many parts of Illinois to anxiety about lack of rainfall in May and the resulting dry surface soils. Many places have received less than a half inch of rain so far this month, while air temperatures have averaged above normal.
May 24, 2007
Having written several articles regarding reports of black cutworm injury in some areas of the state, we have little more to say but that we continue to receive reports and that all corn fields should be scouted now.
May 24, 2007
At this time of year, we receive numerous questions regarding corn rootworm larval hatch.
May 24, 2007
It took nearly 20 years for researchers to develop the first commercial genetically enhanced corn hybrids. The next generation of genetic technology may be developed in less than half that time.
May 24, 2007
We’ve posted a new issue of MSU’s Field CAT Alert newsletter.
May 24, 2007
Issue no. 9 of the Bulletin—pest management and crop development information for Illinois is now available on the Web.
May 24, 2007
There’s more to soil than just dirt.
September 2, 2010
Two more posted this week: High Night-Time Temperatures and Stalk Cannibalization in Corn Anth...
August 31, 2010
C.O.R.N. Newsletter 2010-28 08/31/10-09/07/10 Editor: Andrew Kleinschmidt
August 30, 2010
An ancient offshoot of soybeans may one day provide resistance to sudden death syndrome (SDS) and soybean rust, University of Illinois scientists reported at the recent U of I Agronomy Day.
