When a corn plant produces flowers, it starts by putting out a tall green stalk with a central cone of buds that looks ever so slightly like a young ear of sweet corn. These stalks may grow up to ...

Cut it when the time is right because corn doesn't continue to ripen off the stalk. Pro tip: If your sweet corn is past its prime, Smoke-McCluskey says you can soak the cobs in sugar water (1/2 ...

in the stalk—0.17 lb. total,” explains Farm Journal Field Agronomist Ken Ferrie. “So 200-bu. corn takes up 34 lb ... except mild sweet Vidalia onions, which are purposely grown in low ...

Sweet corn comes in a range of kernel colors: yellow, white, and bicolor (yellow and white). Here's a short video about preparing sweet corn. Sweet corn is most often eaten cooked. Peel or “shuck” the ...

Stalk rots are one of the most significant set of diseases on corn. These diseases are insidious, and often growers are unaware of their effects until harvest. Low levels of stalk rot occur in nearly ...

Anthracnose leaf blight and stalk rot of corn, caused by the fungus Colletotrichum graminicola, is a disease of worldwide importance. Yield losses can approach 40% and up to 80% lodging has been ...

Luhman shared his extensive trials with feeding that includes bale grazing with grass and corn stalks; grazing in corn stalks and sorghum; and even shipping cattle to graze corn stalks in Nebraska.