Selecting corn genetics isn’t a decision to take lightly. Managing nitrogen with the same care helps protect yield potential ...

Nitrogen jumpstarts plant growth by powering chlorophyll and photosynthesis. Add it with compost, blood meal, or fertilizer—just test your soil first. Apply after the last frost, but don’t overdo ...

Corn requires a lot of nitrogen, approximately 1.2 pounds of it for every bushel of corn produced. That means that a 200-bushels-per-acre harvest will require 240 pounds of nitrogen per acre. Most of ...

Jerod Flaherty has been farming in Clarke County for over 20 years, raising corn, soybeans, forage crops, and a cow herd while utilizing cover crops and rotational grazing. He currently serves as the ...