Choosing the right corn hybrid to plant for silage can be tricky.

As you travel over your field with your herbicide this season, you may be considering adding a fungicide to that pass. If so, there are a few things to think about.

Hybrid selection is one of the most important management decisions a corn grower makes each year. It’s a decision that warrants a careful comparison of performance data. It should not be made in haste or based on limited data. Planting a marginal hybrid, or one not suitable for a particular production environment, imposes a ceiling on the yield potential of a field before it has been planted. In the Ohio Corn Performance Test (OCPT) it is not unusual for hybrid entries of similar maturity to differ in yield by 80 bu/A, or more, depending on test site.

Wisconsin corn agronomist Joe Lauer explains how to predict if a corn crop will mature before frost.

From June 16th, 2013 - July 15th, 2013, we asked No-Till Farmer readers: "If you planted Bt corn hybrids this year, how much insecticide did you apply at planting time?"

A historical analysis of corn research shows that new hybrids are taking up more nitrogen than older plant varieties after the crucial flowering stage, a clue as to how plant scientists will need to adapt plants to increase yields.

From March 16th, 2013 - April 15th, 2013, we asked No-Till Farmer readers: "What type of corn hybrids will you plant in 2013?"

Hybrid maturity ratings have always been a sort of mystery to farmers and consultants alike, and one factor that contributes to the mystery is that your definition of "maturity" may not be the same as my definition.

Growers are urged to keep a watchful eye on Goss's wilt this year, especially if they experienced light to heavy infections in 2011, say experts at Pioneer Hi-Bred, a DuPont business.