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Corn conversation: wildfire smoke, drought, short corn, and more

Corn conversation: wildfire smoke, drought, short corn, and more

Update: 2025-06-25
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In this episode of Talking Crop, University of Wisconsin-Madison corn agronomy Extension specialist, Dr. Harkirat Kaur, and host, Kathryn Seebruck, discuss wildfire smoke effects on corn, drought, the implications of slow GDD accumulation, and silage corn as it relates to mycotoxins, short corn, and tar spot. 

 

Dr. Kaur's "CORNversations with Kaur" blog: https://badgercropnetwork.com/tag/cornversations-with-kaur/

Firesmoke Forecast: https://firesmoke.ca/forecasts/current/

Growing Degree Day (GDD) Calculator: https://mrcc.purdue.edu/tools/corngdd

Article - Tar spot impacts silage corn yield and forage nutritive value: https://acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/cft2.70031

 

Talking Crop survey: https://illinois.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2rTSHVPlaNwUq7I

 

Guest contact: hkaur35@wisc.edu | (510) 356-7133 

Host contact: seebruck@illinois.edu | (815) 986-4357

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Corn conversation: wildfire smoke, drought, short corn, and more

Corn conversation: wildfire smoke, drought, short corn, and more

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