The wet weather has kept many farmers from preparing seedbeds for planting, and progress continues to fall behind schedule. Heavy early season rains and excessive ground moisture, like what has been seen in some areas this spring, can compromise corn root systems. The Illinois crop was only 1%...
The acreage dedicated to planting corn changes from season to season, but in all about 90 million acres of American land are planted with corn each production year. While the nation is anexporterof corn, most corn produced is used for domestic consumption as livestock feed and ethanol production...
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Planning and execution associated with corn planting are critical if growers are to maximize the genetic potential of today's elite corn hybrids. The simple secret for success is to "do everything right." Many of these key management decisions are made well before the planting season, including ...
1/21/2016 - As the European Union considers whether to lift restrictions on three pesticides in the neonicotinoid family, it would do well to consider the phenomenon, known to Canadian beekeepers, in which bees start dying in droves shortly after corn planting season. "Once the corn started ...
Because soil water measurements did not begin immediately at corn planting due to the time required for sensor installation, these values do not include a portion of the early growing season but do provide a basis for comparison among systems. We acknowledge that the differences in planting dates...
Figure 4. Distribution of the number of days (calendar or thermal) (a) and accumulated Growing Degree Days (GDDs) between the planting date and the 15th of August across different years (b). These boxplots illustrate the variability in the dataset distribution throughout the growing season, ...
It has an excellent vigor early in the season, strong stress tolerance, very good late season standability, and consistent yielding with fast dry down. Urea fertilizer was spread prior to planting corn on 6 May 2018. In-season topdressing was applied with 28% urea ammonium nitrate solution ...
Sweet corn planting time Sow corn or set out small starts when the soil has warmed to at least 65°F, usually two to three weeks after the last frost in spring. Black plastic can be used to cover the soil in advance and prewarm the bed. Corn is a tender, warm-season annual that is...
The year 2012 had a record pace of planting and crop development because of very high temperatures near the beginning of the growing season. However, later crop development was severely impacted by an unprecedented drought, caused by high temperatures combined with scarce rainfall. Crop growth in ...