Tag: corn
Bumper crop storage options
This year has produced some near-record yields for many corn growers, and temporary storage may be needed.
Western Corn Belt catching up
Plagued by rain, the western Corn Belt is finally catching up with harvest, and wheat planting.
Farmers making progress, but still fighting moisture
Farmers are finally seeing a break in the weather, but will it last long enough?
Better weather means harvest is rolling
Farmers needed the kind of weather we're having right now, and hopefully it will continue.
Yields are bountiful, but fields still wet
The yields are coming in good for those who have been able to get in the fields.
So long, fertilizer: This corn acquires its own nitrogen
Researchers have identified varieties of tropical corn from Oaxaca, Mexico, that can acquire a significant amount of the nitrogen they need from the air.
Early harvest means tough grain marketing decisions
Low prices make marketing decisions easy to defer, but the big, early crops mean most farmers will have some corn and soybeans that need to go to town.
Good weather means more poor prices
Favorable growing weather continues, putting downward pressure on prices.
Can biocontrol nematodes combat corn rootworm?
Northern New York farmers and a research team led by Cornell University entomologist Elson Shields are now evaluating their use to combat corn rootworm.
Healthy crops and sick prices
Crops are looking good, for the most part, but the market price definitely is not.
