Corn even has little prop roots at the base of the stalk to buttress it. But sometimes it is simply toppled by outside forces, such as porcupines and raccoons. Both can make a total mess of your ...

Several different fungi cause stalk rot in corn across the U.S. Corn Belt, and gibberella stalk rot is among the most common forms. Stalk rot depresses yields some 5% each year, and it’s not ...

Anthracnose leaf blight and stalk rot of corn, caused by the fungus Colletotrichum graminicola, is a disease of worldwide importance. Yield losses can approach 40% and up to 80% lodging has been ...

Stalk rots are one of the most significant set of diseases on corn. These diseases are insidious, and often growers are unaware of their effects until harvest. Low levels of stalk rot occur in nearly ...

ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky., Sept. 8 (UPI) -- A Kentucky farmer said he isolated a portion of his corn crop because kernels were popping while still on the stalk. Patrick Preston of Hardin County said he ...

Meanwhile, another bizarre weather event took place Monday in Pampa, Texas, where the updrafts of a violent tornado lifted a corn stalk high up into the atmosphere, encasing it in layers of ice.

His farm has two combines, so he helped explained how they work to be able to answer WCCO viewer Don's Good Question: How do farmers get the corn off the stalk? "You've got to drive on the row ...

But soon, that towering corn might become a miniature of its former self, replaced by stalks only half as tall as the green giants that have dominated fields for so long. "As you drive across the ...

A sign reading "CORN RIP" was attached to a traffic post above the abandoned stalk on the side of the road. But Theisen picked up the discarded corn and placed it in the back of his vehicle.