General Information About Corn and Crop Management



Links to general information about the origins and history of corn and its importance to use today.

Corn… One of the three sisters
The history and present use of corn
from OCPA

Hybrid Corn--History, Development and Selection Considerations
Purdue University

Corn, The Great American Crop!
An overview of the importance of corn to American agriculture,
Dept. of Agronomy, Purdue Univ.

Maize: Gift from America's First Peoples
A brief outline of the history and biology of corn,
from the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

The Corn Growers Guidebook
comprehensive source for information from the Corn Belt about corn production, with lots of links to other sites with agronomic information, maintained by Dr. R. Nielsen, Department of Agronomy, Purdue University

Collected Corn Wisdom of the Ages
Bob Nielsen's, (Dept. of Agronomy, Purdue Univ.) collection of sage advice, rules of thumb, famous quotes, personal biases, conventional wisdom, and common sense ideas relevant to the growing of the king of cultivated crops known as corn or maize. Use them in good health.




© 1997 Ontario Corn Producers' Association.

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