Continuous corn is common practice, but it is not without challenges. It is critical to avoid becoming complacent with corn-on-corn management. Learning what the challenges are and how to mitigate ...

Year after year, the same 15 million acres across Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin are planted with corn. Each August, the fibrous green leaves in those fields reach eye level. And each ...

Ethanol plants springing up across Nebraska are demanding more corn acres to supply them. While increasing corn acreage is necessary to meet the upcoming ethanol demand, producers need to weigh the ...

The largest problems with corn rootworm are in areas where continuous corn is grown. Where crop rotations are used in central Illinois, for example, western corn rootworm populations are “pretty low,” ...

While the majority of Midwestern farmers rotate corn and soybeans, commodity prices and corn yield advantages compel some to plant corn year after year. Although foundational research on the benefits ...