Episode

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

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Talking Crop
Published
Jun 25, 2025
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2312
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Summary

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: [email protected] | (510) 356-7133 Host contact: [email protected] | (815) 986-4357