Show Corn Snipping May Open Way To Bigger Yields Early season corn yields may get a big boost if a simple procedure procedure pro pro- devised by farm r re researchers researchers searchers pans out Scientists at the University of oC Minnesota boosted grain yields 48 percent by snipping the tops off oft of corn plants when they reached a height of at four tour or five inches While agronomists arent aren't yet ret recommending the practice to farmers they do think the research research research re re- re- re search Is promising Its It's speculated that the larger grain yields result from the fact that energy normally used for leaf growth goes into kernel development instead The same cutting treatment on full tuU season hybrids however reduced grain yields |