but early corn emergence increases the risk for frost damage. Frost damage can occur even when air temperatures are in the mid-30s on calm nights, because the lack of wind allows colder ...

When weather conditions are cold and wet after planting, it results in slow corn emergence and growth. The relay system can help offset those factors for farmers who are more patient with planting ...

Add several thousand ears per acre to your yield results and boost ROI by getting your planter ready for the field. Be sure ...

Corn planting typically begins in the Corn Belt when average air temperature is near 50 F and soil temperature at planting depth is around 55 F. However, optimum seed germination and emergence occur ...

Over the past 15 years, many farms have moved away from early pre-plant nitrogen application for corn to increasing acres sidedressed with nitrogen from emergence to V-4 growth stage.

Spring fieldwork started in mid-March for some farmers in north-central Missouri. Brad Mull from Malta Bend tells Brownfield “one week ago Sunday we got a couple of days in before the rain and on ...