There are pollination issues in the hot and dry parts of the Corn Belt. University of Missouri grain crop specialist Greg Luce tells Brownfield Missouri’s heat and drought are disrupting corn pollination.
“A lot of growing degree units accumulated drives the corn along and it could get out of sync,” said Luce, in an interview with Brownfield Ag News at the Bradford Research Center Crop and Soil Management Workshop. “Either the tassels came out and silks weren’t there yet, or even vice versa.”
The situation is further complicated, said Luce, when there’s not much temperature relief at night.
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