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April 24, 2020St. Joseph, Mo. |  By: Jim Faris

Cool temperatures have slowed corn growth this Spring


ST. JOSEPH, Mo. - Early planted corn growth has slowed with cool soil temperatures this season. Field Specialist in Agronomy with the University of Missouri Extension Wayne Flanary told KXCV/KRNW that moist frozen ground could burst a seed.

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Flanary advises farmers to scout their fields a week to ten days after cold weather to determine injuries, earlier if fields warm up.