Ferrie: Stop Yield Loss from the Carbon Penalty and Ugly Corn Syndrome
Carbon Penalty and Ugly Corn Syndrome
Posted on: June 14, 2021
Trucks and cars aren’t the only things that stall out at times. Corn and soybeans can, too. This past week, a number of farmers told Ken Ferrie their crops are emerged but growth is slow going.
He says two things are contributing to the problem this season in corn – the carbon penalty and ugly corn syndrome. Sometimes, farmers are seeing both simultaneously in the field.
“It’s causing the yellowing and pale green colors that are showing up,” says Ferrie, Farm Journal Field Agronomist and owner of Crop-Tech Inc., near Heyworth, Ill.