
We have been getting lots of inquiries lately about fields that didn’t get planted to a corn or soybean crop, and have lots of weeds growing in them.

We have been getting lots of inquiries lately about fields that didn’t get planted to a corn or soybean crop, and have lots of weeds growing in them.

Reports from those checking fields indicate that brown stink bugs were busy this spring feeding on seedling corn.

The consequences of flooding, ponding, and saturated soils on young corn depend heavily on the duration of the stress and temperatures.

The female moths are attracted to many hosts, tall, early lush corn being one.

The consequences of flooding, ponding, and saturated soils on young corn depend heavily on the duration of the stress and temperatures.
To facilitate speedy planting between rain showers many growers are skipping starter fertilizer. What might be the consequences?

Recovery from early season damage to corn is strongly dependent on the health of the main (apical) growing point region following the damage.
This report summarizes corn yield response to fertilizer nitrogen (N) rate in field scale trials conducted around the state of Indiana since 2006. These results are applicable to N management programs that use efficient methods and timings of N fertilizer application.
Results from 97 field scale trials around Indiana since 2008 suggest that maximum yield response to plant populations for 30-inch row corn grown under minimal to moderate stress conditions occurs at about 32,150 PLANTS per acre (ppa), equal to seeding rates of about 33,840 SEEDS per acre (spa).

Sulfur (S) deficiency is becoming more common in Indiana crops because S emissions from coal-fired power plants have decreased over the past few decades and, thus, so has atmospheric S deposition.
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