Corn
Corn Crop Management
Grain Production
Newsletters
- Corn & Soybean Newsletter May 2020
- Corn & Soybean Newsletter April 2020
- Corn & Soybean Newsletter October 2019
- Corn & Soybean Newsletter September 2019
Production Stats
General Production
- Corn Hybrid Performance Trials
- A Comprehensive Guide to Corn Management in Kentucky, ID-139, html | pdf
- Corn and Soybean Production Calendar, ID-159 pdf
- Corn Growth Stages and Growing Degree Days: A Quick Reference Guide, AG-202
- Organic Corn Production in Kentucky, ID-225
- Grain Farming Primer for Landowners, ID-155
- No-Till Corn, AGR-100, html | pdf
- Estimating Corn Yields, AGR-187
- Grain and Forage Crop Guide for Kentucky, AGR-18
- Grazing Corn: An Option for Extending the Grazing Season in Kentucky, ID-152
- USDA - soil survey (web version)
- Corn Growing Degree Day Calculator in Kentucky
- Corn Growth and Development, Iowa State University
- Corn Growth and Development, Univ. of Kentucky
- Guidelines for identity preservation
- Kentucky Extension Yield Contest
- Kentucky Planting Date and Blacklayer
Irrigation
- Corn Irrigation Needs in Kentucky, pdf
This is a presentation in PDF format of a general irrigation, water use, and corn requirements for water.
Links below are to universities with years of experience with irrigation.
- Nebraska: Ag Irrigation Page - University of Nebraska
- Georgia: University of Georgia Irrigation Resources
- Missouri: University of Missouri Irrigation Resources
Damage Assessment
Harvest and Storage
- Grain Storage Website (UK Biosystems and Ag Engineering)
- Calculators for Grain Harvest and Handling (BAE)
- Cost of Harvest Losses vs. Heated Air Drying (downloadable Excel Spreadsheet)
- Fuel Cost Comparison: LP vs Natural Gas (downloadable Excel Spreadsheet)
- Grain Shrink Factor Calculator
- Seed Cost Calculator (downloadable Excel Spreadsheet)
- Grain Bin Capacity Spreadsheet (downloadable Excel Spreadsheet)
- Flat Storage Capacity (downloadable Excel Spreadsheet)
- Corn Harvesting, Handling, Drying and Storing, pdf - A Section in ID-139 A Comprehensive Guide to Corn Production
Corn Silage
- Kentucky Silage Trials, html
- Producing Corn for Silage, AGR-79
- Late-season frost damage to corn for silage, AGR-183
- Grazing Corn: An Option for Extending the Grazing Season in Kentucky, PD-152
- Using Drought-Stress Corn: Harvesting, Storage, Feeding, Pricing and Marketing, ID-86, html
- Corn stalk nitrate test, AGR-180
- Corn Growth Stages and Growing Degree Days: A Quick Reference Guide, AG-202
- Important Steps When Harvesting Corn Silage, pdf
- Silo Face Management, pdf
- Estimating corn grain yield from silage yields (Univ. of Wisconsin), html
- Corn Growing Degree Day Calculator in Kentucky
White Corn
- Corn Hybrid Performance Trials
- Corn Growth Stages and Growing Degree Days: A Quick Reference Guide, AG-202
- White and Yellow Food-Grade Corn Fact Sheet (pdf)
- White Food Grade Corn information (Ohio State University) (html)
- Guidelines for identity preservation (html)
- Corn Growing Degree Day Calculator in Kentucky
Popcorn
Nutrient Management
Pest Management
Corn Diseases
- Visit the UK Plant Pathology Publications Website
- Kentucky Pest News
- Field Crop Scouting Techniques
- PPA-10a: Kentucky Plant Disease Management Guide for Corn and Sorghum | html | pdf
- PPA-26: Corn Stalk Rots
- PPA-33: Stewart's Wilt of Corn
- PPA-35: Gray Leaf Spot of Corn | html | pdf
- PPA-40: Virus Diseases of Corn in Kentucky
- PPA-43: Ear Rot of Corn, Stenocarpella | html | pdf
- ID-121: Fumonisin, Vomitoxin, and Other Mycotoxins in Corn Produced by Fusarium Fungi | pdf
- PPFS-AG-C-1: Diseases of Concern in Continuous Corn
- PPFS-AG-C-2: Seed and Seedling Diseases of Corn
- PPFS-AG-C-3: Commercially Available Test Kits for the Detection of Mycotoxins in Corn and Other Grains | pdf
- PPFS-MISC-1: Laboratories for Mycotoxin Analyses (pdf)
- ID-59: Aflatoxin in Corn | html | pdf
- Corn Profile (Kentucky IPM website)
- Identifying Corn Ear Diseases (Iowa State website)
- Pesticide Labels, find the most recent pesticide labels
Corn Insects
- Visit the UK Field Crops Insects Publications Website
- Kentucky Pest News
- Field Crop Scouting Techniques
- ENT-16: Insecticide Recommendations for Field Corn, pdf
- ENT-62: Insecticide Recommendations for Popcorn, pdf
- Insecticide Recommendations for Field Crops
- Handy Bt Trait Table
- Bt Corn Products for the Southeastern United States
Common Corn Insects
- Insect Management with Continuous Corn
- Resistance Management with Bt Corn
- Bt Corn: What it is and How it works
- Bt Corn Refuge
- Bt-Corn for Corn-Borer Control
- Predicting European Corn Borer Development
- Southwestern Corn Borer
- Corn Leaf Aphid
- The Common Stalk Borer in Corn
- Lesser Cornstalk Borer
- Armyworms in Corn
- Fall Armyworms in Corn
- Wireworms
Stored Grain Insects
Corn Weeds
Corn Scouting
Corn Marketing and Economics
Corn Handling and Harvesting
- Visit the UK Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Extension Website
- Stored Grain (html)
- U.S. Grain Standards
- Grain Storage Website (UK Biosystems and Ag Engineering)
- Calculators for Grain Harvest and Handling (BAE)
- Cost of Harvest Losses vs. Heated Air Drying (downloadable Excel Spreadsheet)
- Fuel Cost Comparison: LP vs Natural Gas (downloadable Excel Spreadsheet)
- Grain Shrink Factor Calculator
- Seed Cost Calculator (downloadable Excel Spreadsheet)
- Grain Bin Capacity Spreadsheet (downloadable Excel Spreadsheet)
- Flat Storage Capacity (downloadable Excel Spreadsheet)
- Corn Harvesting, Handling, Drying and Storing, pdf - A Section in ID-139 A Comprehensive Guide to Corn Production
- ID-152: Grazing Corn: An Option for Extending the Grazing Season in Kentucky (pdf)
- Stored Grain
Equipment and Machinery
- Sprayer Nozzles: Selection and Calibration, PAT 3 :: html :: pdf
- Personal Protective Equipment for Pesticide Applicators, PAT 6 :: html :: pdf
- Spray Equipment and Calibration (NDSU) :: html
- Precision Agriculture User's Handbook
- Low-cost GPS Comparison Sheet (Excel Sheet)
- Grain Storage Equipment (U.K. Biosystems & Ag Engineering Site)
Other Resources
Presentations :: Photos :: Etc.
Corn Presentations
If you have PowerPoint on your computer, you will want to SAVE FILE TO DISK.
- Kentucky Crops (Images of Corn, Soybean and Wheat)
- On-Farm Research 2012, pdf
- Corn, Narrow Rows and Twin Rows, 2009-2010
- Establishing Corn Stands, Ag Expo 2008, pps
- Digital Images 101, Jan 2008
- Woodford County Meeting, 2007
- Farm Bureau Meeting, 2007
- Corn Growth and Development 2011, pdf file
- Critical yield factors, pdf