Corn development and final yields The number of harvestable kernels per ear is an important contributor to the grain-yield potential of a corn plant. Severe plant stress during ear formation may ...

Corn plants grow tassels, which have pollen on them, and the wind blows the tassels and sends the pollen to fall on corn plants of the same variety. That same wind can carry corn pollen as far as ...

The USDA Minnesota Crop Progress and Condition for the week ending June 12 reports that Minnesota’s corn condition rated 78 percent good to excellent, up 1 percentage point from the previous ...