A soil sample typically consists of 5 to 10 cores of soil to tillage depth from a 5- to 20-acre field. A single corn plant, on the other hand, extracts nutrients from several cubic feet of soil.

Standing guard for an entire crop season, a red Ohio State University (OSU) flag flew patiently over a plant named Terra Byte. Beyond gathering the most data on a single corn plant across an ...

His response is to consider what crop needs to be planted when. Weather conditions may tell you to plant corn. “The first thing to remember is we plant corn when the ground is fit and not by the ...

CHICAGO, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Farmers in the U.S. plan to plant more corn and fewer soybeans this spring than they did last year, hoping to eke out a profit and shield themselves from U.S. President ...

Those diseases attack corn plants by limiting photosynthesis, but in different ways, robbing them of yield potential. Pictured above is young corn plants by Nemanja Otic, Adobe Stock. Staying ...

CHICAGO — Farmers in the U.S. plan to plant more corn and fewer soybeans this spring than they did last year, hoping to eke out a profit and shield themselves from U.S. President Donald Trump’s ...