T he word “volunteer” is an odd term to describe rogue corn plants. Usually reserved for those eager beavers who provide cold refreshments at field day events, “volunteer” in this case refers to weeds ...

Due to extensive damage to corn fields last year from the derecho, volunteer corn is a looming threat for many fields this spring. Farmers intending to plant corn in these derecho-affected fields have ...

ST. PAUL - Significant populations of volunteer corn have been reported in some fields this year. Strong winds that blew corn down last fall just prior to harvest likely contributed to the increase.

Compounding the usual battle against grass weeds in rotational soybeans this season likely will be the presence of volunteer corn from last year’s corn crop—a result of 2020’s derecho in much of the ...

Volunteer corn is more prevalent in the 2022 growing season and can cause some yield losses, but Bruce Potter, an integrated pest management specialist at the University of Minnesota Southwest ...

ST. PAUL -- I saw many corn and soybean fields with prominent patches of giant or common ragweed, common waterhemp or volunteer corn during my travels in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa this fall. These ...

ST. PAUL -- Volunteer soybean in corn is a fairly recent phenomenon caused by widespread use of the glyphosate-resistant technology in corn and soybean. My colleagues and I at University of Minnesota ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Volunteer corn can act as a safe harbor for some pests by expressing lower doses of the insecticide found in newly planted corn, according to Purdue University researchers.

Reminders of 2009’s challenging corn harvest are cropping up in soybean fields across Illinois. High densities of volunteer corn are requiring growers to take action with post-emergence herbicides.

Volunteer corn grows in a field. Volunteer corn grows in a field. Volunteer corn invades soybeans. Volunteer corn is the surprise guest of the growing season, sprouting where it’s unwanted, lowering ...