Corn requires half-inch long fresh silks at the tips of ears in order to pollinate. When pests clip silks shorter than that, pollination won’t happen. “When pollen drops, you need the silks to receive ...

The 2025 corn crop is shaping up to be one of the best Glen Grimm and his family have grown in recent memory. “We’re looking at a tremendous crop,” says Grimm, who farms with three of his brothers in ...

It is hard to believe that July is almost over. Corn has been tasseling and the ear leaf is starting to poke its head out. With that in mind, Peter Thomison, OSU Extension corn specialist, provides ...

The corn crop in North Dakota and surrounding states is as variable as the recent weather, and the encroaching drought has taken its toll on some fields. Poor corn pollination can be caused by ...

High temperatures and insect damage to the silks are common causes of poor ear fill in sweet corn. Stress from high temperatures, overwatering, underwatering or poor plant nutrition can cause newly ...

Corn crop’s critical hurdle is tassel emergence and pollination. The most critical period of corn plant development is the two weeks before and after silking. During this period the corn plant ...

PAW PAW, Mich. — Robb Rynd and his brother grew up farming and wanted to do more of it outside their day jobs, so they went in together on what's now a little over 200 acres of corn, soybeans, wheat ...

There is something about the golden tassels emerging over a deep green field of corn that gets me excited about summer. And with tassels emerging county wide, pollination time is getting near. Corn is ...