Field corn in Indiana typically enters the critical flowering stages of pollen shed and silk emergence sometime between late June to late July. Success or failure during this period of the corn plant’s life greatly influences the potential grain yield at harvest time.
The silks that emerge from the ear shoot are the functional stigmas of the female flowers of a corn plant. Each silk connects to an individual ovule (potential kernel). A given silk must be pollinated in order for the ovule to be fertilized and develop into a kernel. Up to 1000 ovules typically form per ear, even though typically only 400 to 600 actual kernels per ear survive until harvest.
Managing forages for hay production requires much skill. Excellent hay producers understand that yield, quality and persistence are key for a perennial forage production system to be successful.
The majority of hemp is in the ground and growers are now actively managing their plants.
Low soil moisture and compaction slow crop uptake of potassium (K), often resulting in K deficiency.
Managing pasture properly requires much skill, just like any agronomic crop.
National Forage Week (June 21 – 27) is coming to a close.
Early season dry periods are historically not that common for the Eastern Corn Belt of the U.S.
Almost forty years as Purdue University’s Forage Extension Specialist, there is one forage production practice recommendation that draws my ire and has become a major pet peeve; so much that every time the recommendation is offered I think I lose another hair follicle on my head and legs.
Hemp planting continues across the state.
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