Oct. 11, 2023 • “We found 34 to 36 kernels per row in ’22, but we found 40 to 42 kernels per row this year,” Nanda said. That’s a 15 percent increase, which translates into 15 percent more kernels per ear in ’23.”
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May 16, 2023 • These corn plants are trying to branch out and grow down, but it appears they’re following tiny cracks in the hard soil layers as they try to grow. Soil compaction is limiting rooting…
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Oct. 7, 2022 • If ears remain upright and husks are tight, ears tend to hold more moisture, and it provides a more favorable environment for ear molds to develop.
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Oct. 4, 2022 • If your corn is still in the field, it’s worth checking to see how much of it might be infected with ear mold so you can mark the worst fields for early harvest.
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August 19, 2022 • Seed Genetics Direct field days provide the opportunity to tour corn and soybean fields to compare how corn hybrids, soybean varieties and treatments performed during the growing season.
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May 23, 2021 • Consider sacrificing a few plants to see how root systems are developing. If root systems aren’t as robust as you’d like, now is the time to determine why.
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Feb. 19, 2021 • Every year, we learn new things. Read seven corn and soybean lessons learned in 2020.
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Oct. 27, 2020 | Some plants which emerged four days or more behind the first plants in the Corn Watch ‘20 field still produced decent ears. In a few cases, plants which emerged on time struggled. What we saw wasn’t as black-and-white as you might think.
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Oct. 1, 2020 | Dave Nanda, Ph.D., recently pointed out a number of differences between two hybrids planted side-by-side in the Corn Watch ’20 plot.
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August 20, 2020 | A plant was struggling to exist in the Corn Watch ‘20 field. Its diameter was much smaller than the plant next to it, and it was several growth stages behind. Two days difference in emergence should not result in that kind of difference.
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June 12, 2020 | Many variables should be considered when applying nitrogen to corn such as location, soil, plant height and timing.
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June 1, 2020 | Ten consecutive rows in one planter pass of a 24-row planter were included in the Corn Watch ’20 emergence test.
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May 26, 2020 | How much delay in emergence does it take to end up with corn plants that don’t produce as big of an ear, or no ear at all? Dave Nanda, Ph.D., director of genetics, will attempt to answer that question by monitoring the Corn Watch ’20 field.
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May 26, 2020 | “As long as the growing point below ground didn’t freeze, we knew plants would recover,” Dave Nanda, SGD director of genetics, said. “The growing point is the key.”
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April 3, 2020 | Soil compaction can be caused in many ways and the reasons for compaction should be diagnosed on a field by field basis before corrective measures can be taken. Some causes of compaction are…
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Nov. 8, 2019 | “Every growing season teaches us some new lessons, but I have never learned so many new lessons in any growing season as in 2019,” said Dave Nanda, Ph.D., SGD director of genetics.
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August 7, 2019 | Walking through dark green corn with tassels and silks coming out, Dave Nanda, SGD director of genetics, determined that this year’s Corn Watch ’19 field in central Indiana looked like good corn
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