There’s good evidence that in Midwestern fields, corn row spacings of 20” or less can provide your crop with several key advantages. At that spacing, yields tend to be higher, up to 10 bushels more ...

Mother Nature routinely sends corn growers production challenges from weeds, insects and disease. Now, she has a trick up her sleeve agronomists are referring to as the “edge effect.” It took a ...

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KIMBERLY — University of Idaho Extension Educator Steven Hines believes he’s found an effective way for farmers who interplant cover crops between corn rows to significantly boost forage production.

In recent years, there have been tremendous improvements in the development of super sweet corn varieties that can germinate well in cold soil. You enter the corn field and start walking down a row.

Sweet corn harvested fresh from the home garden and cooked soon afterward is one of life’s great treats. If you have never had that experience, now is the time to plant sweet corn in the garden. Sweet ...