Grazing corn stalks is of major importance to Nebraska’s beef cattle industry, particularly this year, and can be compatible with no-till crop production.

Hybrid maturity ratings have always been a sort of mystery to farmers and consultants alike, and one factor that contributes to the mystery is that your definition of "maturity" may not be the same as my definition.

Late-season weed escapes are very prevalent in corn and soybean fields this year.

Considerations for reducing the consequences of poor quality grain that can result from significant levels of vivipary include timely harvest of severely-affected fields, drying grain at higher temperatures to prevent further growth of the young seedlings, screening the grain prior to storage to reduce the amount of damaged grain and seedling tissue, and removing several loads from a full bin to reduce the high concentration of broken corn and foreign material that typically accumulates in the center of a bin during filling.

Corn production is forecast at 10.7 billion bushels, down less than 1 percent from the August forecast and down 13 percent from 2011.

Four Critical Steps to Maximizing Corn Quality after a Challenging Growing Season

Reports out of southwestern Wisconsin and verified at our Lancaster research site show drought induced shattering localized in the upper pods

For farmers wanting to insure a grain crop in 2013, certain rules applied to the treatment of cover crops for emergency forage this summer.

On Aug. 16th, at University of Illinois' Agronomy Day, entomology professor Mike Gray reported that he had confirmed resistance to Cry3Bb1 in two corn rootworm populations collected in northwestern Illinois in Henry and Whiteside counties in August 2011.

No-tiller Jerry Whipple is doing his best to keep his fields green and nearby Lake Erie blue.