The 2021 crop year has been quite variable. A dry winter/spring followed by periods of excess rain and dry hot weather has caused considerable plant stress. Corn plants typically give us many ...

In just about every corner of the globe, maize is an essential crop. Americans, who call it corn, dedicate more than 90 million acres to it — roughly the same size as the entire state of Montana. But ...

DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- Brace roots are the Rodney Dangerfields of the cornfield. The funky, finger-like protrusions have been around since the teosinte, the grass ancestor of maize. But until now, ...