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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

When hungry cattle are turned out on corn stalks with no prior rumen adaptation to starch, they can suffer acute acidosis - a sudden drop in rumen pH caused by rapid grain overload that can lead to ...