Those weather factors, along with rising temperatures and humidity levels, all play a part in the success of corn pollination, notes Ken Ferrie, Farm Journal Field agronomist. Despite the ...

Corn development and final yields The number of harvestable kernels per ear is an important contributor to the grain-yield potential of a corn plant. Severe plant stress during ear formation may ...

Corn requires half-inch long fresh silks at the tips of ears in order to pollinate. When pests clip silks shorter than that, pollination won’t happen. “When pollen drops, you need the silks to ...

Because corn is wind-pollinated, it’s best to plant it in blocks rather than in a single row to ensure a good transfer of pollen to the silks. Keep in mind that the tall stalks cast shade over ...

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

Many people are concerned about how the continued dry conditions and recent hot weather are affecting the corn crop. Corn growth and development are influenced by dry and hot weather before, ...

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

and that 95% of corn pollination in Nebraska was complete before the first monarch eggs hatched. (Adult butterflies feed on plant nectar and are not affected by toxin-containing pollen.) ...

However, now, with growing heat and dryness the next few weeks in Argentina (critical corn pollination stage) these values are not bullish. This is taking our corn Spider to even potentially ...