Compare corn with other crop plants. A single oat seed gives about 20-25 kernels. One peanut seed generates around 15-20 peanuts. A single wheat plant has about 5 heads, with each head developing ...

Mother Nature wraps every kernel of seed corn in a thin protective coat, called the pericarp. It covers the seed like skin, providing a first line of defense against soil pathogens, pests and ...

In fact, it would require about 31 hectares of corn ethanol to produce the same amount of energy generated by one hectare of ...

The federal label expands potential registration to all 50 states in field and sweet corn seed. Avipel is a liquid seed treatment applied to corn prior to planting. It deters birds from eating ...

Sabja seeds have a high fibre content, making them excellent for digestive health. Shweta states that consuming them daily for a period of seven days can prevent stomach-related problems, such as ...

A west-central Minnesota farmer wrapped up corn planting this week. Chad Willis of Wilmar says conditions kept improving ...

Alabama, Texas and New Mexico warned that the seeds, which apparently came from China, could sprout into invasive plants, officials said. By Michael Levenson People in Alabama, Texas and New ...

By analyzing DNA from different cells in nearly 200 lines of maize plants, research has revealed insights that could help growers better adapt their crops to a fast-changing environment.

The corn market is relatively strong as Texas producers monitor planted fields in southern areas and prepare to plant in the High Plains.

Amid an ongoing downturn in agriculture, Corteva Agriscience has announced that it will be laying off 44 workers from its Johnston facility in May, according to Iowa’s Worker Adjustment and ...

Robert Gray of Shady Lawn Farms gives Ohio Ag Net’s Dusty Sonnenberg a look at their soybean drill, featuring the Great Plains Precision Seeding System. Though drills are traditionally known as a ...

Steel Seed is a game without the conviction to be its own thing, something assembled out of spare parts from a variety of different games, combined together without much thought of whether they work.