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How to Prevent and Manage Volunteer Corn

Reference: Farmers Business Network

Volunteer corn can cause a number of issues in a corn and soybean rotation and, most importantly, can cause potential yield loss. When kernels or ears from your combine are dropped during corn harvest, they will overwinter in your field, then germinate in the spring and ultimately compete with your newly planted crop.

That’s why management of volunteer corn is critical to any operation and why volunteer corn is considered a weed.

What Is Volunteer Corn?

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