Ear count, not just population, makes corn yield. The first step to more ears per field is stand and ear counts. Determine the causes of gaps, late-emerging plants and missing ears so you know how ...

TOPEKA (KSNT) – Corn farmers are collecting their harvest as summer transitions to fall with some fields looking a little more brown than green. Lucas Haag with the Kansas State University ...

University of Minnesota Extension The agriculturally troubled fall of 2009 may be over, but here comes the sequel-a potentially wet spring. Due to the late ...

In most fields, corn residue remaining after grain harvest is incorporated into the soil with tillage or is left on the soil surface. But corn residue is also becoming a commodity. It’s ...

Field trials on nitrogen-fixing microbes in corn have yet to show reliable benefits, but work continues on their potential of reducing corn's high demand for the nutrient.

"He's the opposite of a house plant,” Harbaugh said. “I mean, he is field corn. Just like field corn, it doesn't need to be talked to in a certain way, it doesn't need the conditions to be ...

Corn takes on myriad configurations, from the classic corn on the cob to popcorn to more processed options including corn flour and corn syrup. How, then, do you classify such a versatile food?

Alex Noll is pictured in one of his northeast Kansas’ corn fields. (Courtesy photo.) The Kansas Corn Yield Contest is sponsored by Kansas Corn and K-State Research and Extension. The state ...

A recent study from the University of Illinois shows that gene-edited bacteria can supply the equivalent of 35 pounds of nitrogen from the air during early corn growth, which may ...

If corn was ever jealous of soybean's relationship with nitrogen-fixing bacteria, advancements in gene editing could one day even the playing field. A recent study from the University of Illinois ...