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Originally Posted by Buehler445

Dad plants some under his pivot. It’s pretty good shit. He used to get a public variety out of Indiana that was really good, but it wasn’t Roundup Ready (million year old conventional seed). Too hard to manage independent of the rest of the field so he got some GMO stuff.

Candy Corn sucks.



Those are corn ear worm or more recently Western Bean Cutworm. If you cut off the affected part of the ear, it’s fine. Smut on the other hand has to go.

Typically they’ve all got it. There is a Gene that can be spliced Mir-17 (IIRC) that kills them when they bite the husk. If you remember a few years ago China made a big deal of it and rejected some barges that led to a class action lawsuit against Syngenta, that’s the one. It’s fine. China gave no ****s about it, they were just out to wreck the corn market so they could buy it cheaper, which they did. In fact, those rejected barges they sent to Hong Kong, who bought them for pennies, and sold it back to the Chinese.

But that’s why your corn is $7. They throw those out. Ear worms (without the gene which is more available all the time) are very common. But I’m sure they throw those out because a few fools (obviously not you) freak out ZOMG WORM IM NEVER BUYING THERE AGAIN hits Facebook and soccer moms don’t buy your stuff.



No question the soils are better. But it’s unlikely they’re bad enough to not support a sweet corn plant. More likely it’s nutrient availability or weather during pollination and grainfill.

Iowa corn tastes better