Agronomist says corn yields might ‘surprise farmers’

Agronomist says corn yields might ‘surprise farmers’

A Burrus

Seeds field agronomist says Missouri and Illinois farmers need to hold off on

fungicide applications as close to tasseling as possible.

Dana Harder says earlier applications don’t bring fungicide resources to the ear, losing yield benefit.

“We want to delay those applications as close to tasseling as we can,” Harder says. “And when we start silking, you know that upper canopy, 90 percent of those carbo-hydrates are going to go into that ear.

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