HomeFarm NewsCorn lodging cause for alarm in northwest IowaCorn lodging cause for alarm in northwest IowaFri, September 22, 2023 by Brownfield Ag NewsSHARE NOW brownfieldagnews.comAn extension agronomist is alarmed by the impact of heat and dryness on corn.Gentry Sorenson with Iowa State University covers a portion of northwest Iowa and tells Brownfield lodging is an issue on lighter soils and in crops impacted by disease or hail during the growing season.“When I’ve been out in fields I saw an alarming amount of stalks that had low integrity and they did break or kink at the bottom of that stalk.…Corn lodging cause for alarm in northwest Iowa
