Source: John Hart, SOUTHEAST FARM PRESS, 8/9/18


No doubt about it, 2018 has been a very challenging  year for North Carolina corn farmers. Excessive rain and cold temperatures in April and May made planting difficult, and the crop was slow to move. Then hot and dry weather this summer stressed the crop. “It’s been a very difficult year,” North Carolina State University Extension Corn Specialist Dr. Ron Heiniger said at the Blackland Farm Managers Tour at 3B Farms in Pinetown Aug. 1.

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