FARGO - Mold problems in standing corn will get worse until the corn has dried to about 20 percent moisture or grain temperatures drop below 40 degrees, says North Dakota State University Extension ...

FARGO - Even though drying conditions are excellent now, some producers may be faced with drying high-moisture or immature corn this fall. To minimize spoilage during drying, do not use natural air or ...

Corn is coming in wetter and with lower test weights than normal. For many farmers this might mean they don’t have the drying capacity to keep up with harvest—but does the local elevator? If you have ...

BATTLE LAKE, Minn. — The October harvested corn was dry enough to forgo using heat from the grain dryer at Dean Jorud’s farm in Otter Tail County this harvest season. Most years there’s a need to take ...

BROOKINGS, S.D. -- When corn reaches maturity, the moisture content of the kernel is generally between 30 and 35 percent. Weather this time of year can have a major impact on how quickly corn or other ...

As we wrap up the 2025 harvest season, the two years in a row of drought keep me wondering: Which is worse — the drought or the wet weather? In other words, how do crop yields respond to a wet growing ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Farmers ready to give up on their arid corn crops and cut them for animal feed might want the inside scoop on the stalks first. The plants could be too wet internally to make ...

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 tall by this ...