Like most plants, corn growth progresses through three main phases: germination, vegetative, and reproductive stages. During germination, seeds break dormancy when soil temperatures exceed 50°F. They ...

As your corn crop turns the last corner of the 2025 growing season and heads for the finish line and harvest, there is still a lot of potential yield to be made or lost in the process. The R5 growth ...

Much of Minnesota’s corn crop was damaged by frost on the morning of Sept. 15, according to University of Minnesota Extension corn agronomist Jeff Coulter. For corn, a killing freeze occurs when ...

The extended daylight hours as the June 21 summer solstice, the longest day of the year, approaches are causing cornfields to show very rapid plant growth. Corn root nutrient uptake generally ...