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The Iowa DOT started promoting its standing corn snow fence program in 2016 and enrolled 12 acres across the state that year. The state paid $5.10 per bushel for corn left standing in 2016.
A neighbor said a makeshift fence and corn stalks being used to hide the plants were put in several months ago. Patterson resident Ramon Andrade heard the commotion early Thursday morning and came ...
A Farm Journal Media survey of corn and soybean farmers in mid-December showed how farmers are on the fence. More than half the farmers with 500 or more acres of corn had not finalized planting ...
He said generally the corn soybean price ratio has to be 2.5 ... “The guys that are sitting on the fence now, which is a lot of growers, are just trying to look at their cash flows and trying ...
"The planting conditions were great, and our corn came out picket-fence perfect. But now we have no idea how many bushels we'll be able to harvest this fall." While her farm typically enjoys ...
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Planting Bt corn fence row to fence row could potentially eliminate it from farmers' list of options for pest control, two Purdue University entomologists warn. The corn is ...
Modern, high-tech planters can produce “picket fence” stands of corn with seedlings so uniform they look like they’ve been photocopied. While pretty fields are without a doubt a source of ...