Plant a minimum of four rows to maximize wind pollination.Plant corn seeds or kernels one inch deep in compost-enriched soil. Space seeds 10 inches apart and rows two feet apart.

It sure is good crop-growing weather. Getting the first cutting of hay done has been tough in a lot of areas. The summer heat and ...

If your corn planter would do a better job in the field being hitched to a boat this week, it’s obviously too wet to plant. However, there are times when soil conditions are less than ideal and ...

Another tool that can help get the best yields this year is considering the right soil depth based on soil moisture. “So generally, the 2-inch planting depth is optimal for corn in almost all ...

Standard sugary sweet corn varieties like Merit (yellow), Silver Queen (white), and Sweet G90 (bicolor) differ from field or grain corn in that kernels produce more sugar and less starch.

Summer has been a mixture of rainy, humid and hot days. Doesn't sound like much fun for humans but the corn fields in rural ...

For those of you in central Illinois (close to Bloomington) wanting to plant corn, Ferrie says he is willing to give the green light for Wednesday as well. “Locally, it looks like we could get ...

After all your hard work in the garden, it's a massive disappointment to peel open a corn ear only to discover missing ...

The corn harvest shot to 70% planted compared to 29% in the previous week. Corn planting had been one day behind the five-year average, and is now one week ahead. The U.S.D.A. also reports that ...

SHAWANO COUNTY - That cool, soggy weather that continues to affect our area may not be what many farmers want.Corn is usually planted by now, but many fields in Northeast Wisconsin are covered in ...