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Farmers test drought-tolerant corn hybrids

2015-01-24 00:39:00| Corn & Soybean Digest

New hybrids cut yield losses during drought and optimize available water for higher yields. Although this was my first year planting drought-tolerant corn, it is a thing of the future, says Mark Meyer, Nehawka, Neb. As stewards of the land, farmers need to think long term about how we use water. Drought tolerance and water optimization, hopefully, will allow us to produce the same amount or more grain with less water. read more

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