Insects that live in the soil, including wireworms, white grubs, rootworms, seedcorn maggots, whitefringed beetle larvae, lesser cornstalk borer and others, can damage corn seeds and seedlings. These insects cannot be controlled once corn seed has been planted. Rotated,...
Will the year 2010 present the risk management challenges that 2009 did? So far, it looks like it could. In less than two weeks, March corn futures prices have ranged about $0.57.
Although currently overshadowed by the supply/demand estimates, other...
Experts target three key weeds – horseweed,
Palmer amaranth and Italian ryegrass.
By Carroll Smith
With many producers planting corn as early as March or April in the Southern states, they will soon be faced with a host of yield-robbing weeds poised...
By Carroll Smith
Editor
Although ag journalism wears many hats these days – magazines, television, radio, Web sites, Twitter, Facebook and blogs – the ink and the chatter predominately target topics that pertain to producing, processing and marketing the crop.
But, often,...
Corn grain yields in a twin-row system were significantly
raised by increasing seeding rates.
By Carroll Smith
The concept of planting twin-row corn isn’t a new one. Determining what it takes to make it more profitable than planting single-row corn is the...
