Source: Rhonda Garrison, SOUTHERN FARM NETWORK, 6/8/17

While NC State Extension Corn Specialist Dr. Ron Heiniger urged farmers to wait to plant corn this year, some did not, and in some cases that corn survived a wide range of weather issues, including a late frost.  Today, Heiniger talks about that early-planted corn:“There are some fields that are showing some tassling, some fields that were planted the 10th, the 12th of April, or earlier are starting to reach tassle stage."

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