Precise metering and seed placement give a corn crop the best chance to achieve highest yield.” While precise seed spacing produces pretty fields ... creating a smooth path for the gauge ...

the crop’s most damaging pest in the Corn Belt, is reducing both the technology’s effectiveness and some farmers’ profits, according to a new study of 12 years of field trials across 10 corn-growing ...

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 ...

The findings come from a new analysis of 12 years of field trials and seed usage data across 10 Midwestern corn-growing states, including Iowa. The study, published in Science, shows rootworms are ...