If you're seeing purple corn this year, do some investigation and avoid making assumptions about the cause, says North Dakota State University Extension.
Like the swallows that return to Capistrano, it seems that purpling in young corn returns every year somewhere, says Bob Nielsen, Purdue University corn agronomist.
In many areas of the Corn Belt, no-till nutrient budgets have become very negative due to changes in the way growers have fertilized their crops in recent years.
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