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Corn Production Handbook
Table of Contents (PDF)
Cover, Authors and Table of Contents
Introduction
1- Growth and Development
2- Cultural Practices
Land Selection
Seedbed Preparation
Planting Precision
Planting Date
Seeding Rate and Plant Populations
Hybrid Selection
Growing Degree Days
3- Drainage and Irrigation
Drainage
- Surface Drainage
- Internal Drainage
Irrigation
- Yield
- Water Needs
- Irrigation Scheduling
- Irrigation Termination
Irrigation Methods
- Flood (Levee) Irrigation
- Furrow Irrigation
- Border Irrigation
- Center Pivot Irrigation
Arkansas Situation
4-Fertilization and Liming
Soil pH
Nitrogen
Animal Manures
Phosphate and Potash
Calcium, Magnesium and Sulfur
Micronutrients
Plant Analysis
5-Major Insect Pests of Field Corn in Arkansas and Their Management
Chinch Bug
Corn Flea Beetle
Corn Thrips
Cutworms Including the Black Cutworm
Seedcorn Maggot
Sugarcane Beetle
White Grub
Wireworm
Aphids Including the Corn Leaf and Bird
Cherry-Oat aphids
Corn Earworm
European Corn Borer
Southwestern Corn Borer
Fall Armyworm
References
Acknowledgments
6-Diseases and Nematodes
Seed Rots and Seedling Blights
Crazy Top
Anthracnose
Gray Leaf Spot
Southern Corn Leaf Blight
Rusts
Charcoal Rot
Other Stalk Rots
Smut
Ear and Kernel Rot
Storage Rots and Mycotoxins
Nematode Damage
Virus Diseases
7-Weed Control in Corn
8-Harvesting
Corn Equipment
- Corn Head
- Rasp-Bar Cylinder or Threshing Rotor
- Counterbalance Weights
Corn Harvest Moisture
Gathering Corn
- Height
- Synchronize Speeds
- Snapping Opening
- Stalk Roll Spacing
Troubleshooting
- Excessive Shelling at Stalk Rolls
- Pulling Up Stalks
- Weeds, etc., Wrapping Stalk Rolls
- Row Alignment
- Plugging
Threshing and Separating
Corn Quality
Field Losses
- Estimating Field Loss
- Procedure
- Kernel Loss
Citations
9-On-Farm Storage and Drying
Fan Types
Drying Costs
Long-Term Storage Management
Safety
Additional Resources
10-Grain Storage and Aflatoxin in Corn
Introduction
What Is Aflatoxin?
How Corn Is Contaminated with Aspergillus sp.
Prevention or Reduction of Aflatoxin in Corn
Grain Storage to Preserve Quality
Store Grain at Low Moisture Content
Avoid Pockets of Damp Grain
Avoid Moisture Migration
Do Not Rely on Grain Turning
Control Insects and Rodents
Check Moisture Content During Storage
Check for Hot Spots During Storage
Drying
Equipment
Storage Tips
Detection of Aflatoxin
What Can Be Done with Contaminated Grain?
Summary
11-Estimating Production Cost for Corn in Arkansas
12-Identify Hazards and Prevent Accidents
Have a Plan to Reduce Hazards
Field
Traffic and Road Transport
General Precautions
Irrigation
Grain Drying
OSHA
Summary
Contacts that May Prove Helpful
13-Renewable Energy
Corn Products
Ethanol Information
- Consumer Benefits
- Taxpayer Benefits
- Economic Benefits
- Agricultural Benefits
- Energy/Trade Benefits
- Environmental Benefits
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