What Nutrients are in Corn?
Packed with essential vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants, white corn is a nutritious addition to a balanced diet and supports vital bodily functions. You’ll find white corn in a wide range of popular food products [...]
How Custom Farming Works for Corn Growers and Landowners
Each spring, many corn fields across Nebraska are planted not by the landowners, but by other farmers hired to complete these key tasks. This practice, known as custom farming or custom hire farming, allows [...]
Corn Disease Treatment: Ensuring Healthy Crops
Corn plant diseases pose a serious threat on Nebraska farms each growing season. These pathogens can spread quickly under the right conditions. Left untreated, they can compromise a corn plant's ability to grow and [...]
How Farmers Tend to Growing Corn After Planting
Corn planting and harvesting are a hive of activity on a farm, but the work doesn’t stop once seeds are in the ground. In the months after planting, a corn farmer spends long hours [...]
Corn Growth Stages: Identifying Key Points in the Corn Life Cycle
Growing corn requires hard work and careful attention to the needs of the plants — and a solid understanding of the corn stages of growth. These stages provide valuable insight into how the plant [...]
When Is the Best Planting Time for Corn and How Long Does It Take?
Corn planting is a challenging process. Farmers need to understand crop science, be excellent weather forecasters and rely on experience to choose the best time to plant corn. When the time is right, they [...]
Laying the Groundwork: How Nebraska Farmers Prepare for Planting Corn
Planting season is a critical time for Nebraska's corn farmers, laying the foundation for the rest of the growing season. Thorough preparation is the key to successfully planting corn. It involves extensive work — [...]
What Is No-Till Farming and What Are the Advantages?
Nebraska's corn farmers use many strategies to raise abundant crops while also protecting the environment. One of these sustainable farming practices is to use no-till farming methods. Sometimes called zero tillage farming, no-till farming [...]
Working Hard While Fields Rest: What Farmers Do in the Winter
Farmers work long hours during harvest, racing to get their crop out of the fields and to market or storage before winter. Even though it's a relief to get through harvest, farmers don't take [...]
The Benefits of Cover Crops for Corn Farmers
A growing number of Nebraska corn farmers are embracing the power of cover crops. By growing cover crops after their corn is harvested, farmers use living plants to reduce soil erosion, promote healthy soil [...]
Equipment for Corn Farming: From Planting to Harvest
Nebraska corn farmers use a range of specialized equipment to grow their crops and care for the land. Tractors equipped with GPS technology enable precise planting and field mapping, ensuring efficient use of resources. Additionally, [...]
How Farmers Care for Cornfields After Harvest
Harvest is one of the busiest times of year for Nebraska corn farmers, but the days and weeks after harvest are a critically important part of growing corn. Once the corn is harvested from [...]
