1. What causes ears of corn not to fill out completely? Updated: October 19, 2011
2. We have been feeding large amounts of earlage to feedlot cattle for many years. We have always used a recutter screen in our forage harvester but are considering using a kernel processor. We start cattle from 550 lb up to 1,000-lb yearlings. Earlage is the base of our ration, and we were wondering if the kernel processor would increase our feed efficiency. Updated: October 07, 2010
3. What is the problem with sweet corn that has whitish growths on the tassels, ears and stems? Some of the growths get pretty big - they look almost like a brain, with convoluted grey-white tissue. Updated: June 29, 2010
4. Could an insect or a disease of sweet corn cause the stalks to fall over? Updated: June 24, 2010
5. How much ethanol can you get from a bushel of corn? Updated: April 16, 2010
6. What part of the corn plant, stalk or grain, is the most likely to be used for biofuels? Updated: April 16, 2010
7. A local barefoot trimmer is saying that the worst thing to feed horses is corn. She claims that it is the leading cause of laminitis. Is there any fact to this statement? Updated: January 05, 2010
8. How much agricultural loss should I expect if I choose not to control pocket gophers on my land? Updated: June 26, 2009
9. I live outside the U.S. and need a way to keep feral pigs out of our field crops. We have used snares but the risk to non-target endangered species is too great. Are there any effective chemical, non-poisonous repellents that will effectively keep pigs away? Updated: June 16, 2009
10. Are there any chemical repellents that will protect my crops from pronghorn antelope? Updated: June 16, 2009
11. Is corn a hot feed? Updated: May 18, 2009
12. What is the difference between roasting ears and sweet corn? Updated: May 18, 2009
13. Please settle a dispute. Is sweet corn a vegetable or a grain? What is the difference? How about field corn? Updated: May 18, 2009
14. Why is seed corn graded? Updated: May 18, 2009
15. What is “GMO.” “Bt,” or “transgenic” corn? Updated: May 18, 2009
16. What is the effect of higher temperatures and increased carbon dioxide (global warming) on corn production? Updated: May 18, 2009
17. How do I manage corn after a drought? Updated: May 18, 2009
18. How much should I irrigate corn? Updated: May 18, 2009
19. Does corn following corn require more nitrogen? Updated: May 18, 2009
20. How can we manage heavy corn residue? Updated: May 18, 2009
21. Does corn following corn need foliar fungicide more than rotated corn? Updated: May 18, 2009
22. Does corn after corn always yield less than rotated corn? Updated: May 18, 2009
23. Does field location affect the use of foliar fungicides for corn? Updated: May 18, 2009
24. Does tillage improve corn stands? Updated: May 18, 2009
25. What is the best tillage system for corn production? Updated: May 18, 2009
26. Is early corn canopy closure important? Updated: May 18, 2009
27. How do I sample soil in my corn field? Updated: May 18, 2009
28. Are seed-applied treatments (fungicides, insecticides) needed for field corn? Updated: May 18, 2009
29. Does plot size matter in field corn research? Updated: May 18, 2009
30. Do I use my neighbor’s data from a corn hybrid trial or multi-location averages? Updated: May 18, 2009

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