Corn crop’s critical hurdle is tassel emergence and pollination. The most critical period of corn plant development is the two weeks before and after silking. During this period the corn plant ...

Agronomists and farmers are finding some pollination issues in specific genetics that were impacted by environmental stress during early, rapid growth. Pollination is always a critical point in corn ...

Track early corn growth stages to time input applications. From V1 to tasseling, protect yield potential with a proactive management plan.

Tassels have begun to show at the tops of corn around the area. Lloyd said the tassel, if it’s a good tassel, will have anywhere from 2 million to 5 million pollen grains. As the ear develops, it will ...

NORTH PLATTE — Across Nebraska, corn tassels wave in the breeze as the crop moves toward pollination and on into harvest. Managing that pollination specifically for seed or field corn determines the ...