John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Corn/Maize, Soil Health, Agriculture US, Crop Consultant, Agriculture Global, Education U.S. MidWest, Sustainability, Research, Sweet Corn, Ag Innovation,
Sweet corn yield gain over 80 years leaves room for improvement
URBANA, Ill. – New research from the University of Illinois shows sweet corn, when planted at high densities, has steadily increased in yield since the 1930s. The historical view underscores the importance of planting modern density-tolerant hybrids at their optimal densities, and suggests an opportunity to improve density tolerance even more.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Corn/Maize, Precision AG , Agriculture Global, Crop Diseases, Research, Plant Breeding,
Bacteria enters through natural openings at edges of corn leaves to cause Goss's wilt- TechCodex
Bacterial colonization and movement. Credit: Alexander Mullens and Tiffany M. Jamann Goss’s bacterial wilt and leaf blight is one of the most damaging diseases affecting corn. The most effective way to control this disease is to plant corn varieties that are resistant to the disease. In other words, growers avoid the disease by growing certain […]
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10/07/2021 SOURCE: www.dtnpf.com
A warm winter, lots of storms and chemical failures and shortages combined to let fall armyworms wreak havoc this year.
Here's Why Fall Armyworms Were So Bad This Year -- And Why It Could Happen Again
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Randy Krotz
Topics: Corn/Maize, Agriculture US, Government / Policies, Commodity/Trade Groups,
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Randy Krotz
Topics: Corn/Maize, Soybeans, Commodities, Agriculture US, Trade (Commodities),
Many Iowa farmers say crop yields better than expected
Iowa Agriculture Secretary Mike Naig said he expects 2021 to be “another year where you’re going to have a lot of variability, but I think generally we can say things look better than we might have expected.”
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Corn/Maize, Soil Health, Soybeans, Agriculture US, Crop Consultant, Education U.S. NorthEast, Agriculture Global, Ag Tech, Plant Breeding,
U.S. soybean, corn yields could be increased through use of machine learning | Penn State University
Research guided by a plant pathologist in the College of Agricultural Sciences suggests that machine-learning algorithms that are programmed to recognize changing weather patterns could show producers and agricultural managers how to increase soybean and corn yields in the United States.
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Nancy Kavazanjian
Topics: Corn/Maize, Soybeans, Livestock/Meat, Ag United Kingdom, Genes /Genetics,
Wow what a turn of policy!
UK set to approve gene-edited livestock and crops in major post-Brexit break with EU policy
The move marks a major shift away from EU post-Brexit and could see better breeds of crop developed
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Nancy Kavazanjian
Topics: Corn/Maize, Agriculture US,
Are Your Fields at Risk for Lodging? Now is the Time to Identify High Risk Fields, What is Causing the Reduced Stalk Integrity, and Management Decisions for Harvest.
There are many factors that can contribute to stalk decline. There are both plant pathogenic causes and abiotic stresses factors that can play a role in reduced stalk integrity, such as drought and flooding. Either way, as stalk tissue becomes compromised below the main ear the stalk may become brit
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09/14/2021 SOURCE: 1430wcmy.com
The USDA says warm and dry weather last week pushed corn and soybeans toward harvest. Sixty-nine percent of the state’s corn crop is in good to excellent condition Eighty-eight percent is dented and 34 percent is mature. Sixty-seven percent of soybea...
69% of Indiana corn, 67% of soybeans rated good to excellent
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