Ear count, not just population, makes corn yield. The first step to more ears per field is stand and ear counts. Determine the causes of gaps, late-emerging plants and missing ears so you know how ...

Corn yield results not from the number of plants in a field but rather the number of ears — photocopied ears of sufficient length and girth. Gaps in a stand and plants without ears contribute ...

And you won’t see any field corn at the grocery store. “If you grab an ear of field corn and take a bite, you'll probably chip a tooth,” says Smoke-McCluskey. About 40% of US dent corn is ...

Weather extremes such as drought are an increasing concern among corn growers, especially after the dry conditions that ...

Low levels of stalk rot occur in nearly every corn field in Delaware, and severity and incidence varies from year to year ... Initial symptoms of stalk rots are noticed by premature wilting and ear ...

The food bank volunteers had their work cut out for them in picking the viable ears of corn from the Greenawalt field. “It’s very labor-intensive,” Sam Greenawalt noted. With a bottled water ...