As a corn plant grows, these cells are formed at nodes along the stalk. These nodes look like tiny grooves, or indentations, in the stem. When the plant is ready to make ears, these cells begin to ...

In 2024, over 165 million bushels of corn were impacted by stalk rot diseases. Learn how to identify different corn stalk rots to dial in your management plan.

It's been so dry in parts of Nebraska and South Dakota that corn plants are doing something truly strange: They're not producing ears of grain. The stalks, which should be about 8 feet (2.4 meters) ...

The corn's smaller stature and sturdier base enable it to withstand winds of up to 50 mph — researchers hover over fields with a helicopter to see how the plants handle the wind.

Corn plants sacrifice stability to produce crop, ... The downed stalks can also cause more plant material to be pulled into the combine. ... Yields decent even in driest part of state.

A single stalk of corn is growing in front of a home — in the concrete — at the 5700 block of W. Silver Valley Drive near Dunham Park in western Sioux Falls. The plant is just over a foot tall ...

Sweet corn stalks grow in a field on July 19, 2022, at Eichelberg Farm, located at 11154 Linden Road in Linden. (Jake May | MLive.com) ...