We've all heard the old sayings about corn. Here are a few facts - and myths - about corn. This summer has been a mixture of rainy, humid and hot days. Doesn't sound like much fun for humans but the ...

Growing corn in your garden isn’t difficult with warm weather, lots of sun, and plenty of space. Sweet corn (Zea mays) is a fast grower, developing tall stalks with bright green leaves. One corn plant ...

Amyrose Foll explains that there are many varieties of corn beyond the usual sweet corn you see in a grocery store and shares advice for growing unique cultivars side by side while avoiding cross ...

Soil inoculants for beans and corn can provide positive improvements for the health of your row crops. You can determine which corn and soybean inoculant is best suited to your needs by learning more ...

The Smith family captures value from cover crops twice—first as high-quality cattle feed and then as biological fuel for ...

Corn is a key source of biofuel. Fertilizing it releases a potent greenhouse gas into the air, so the federal government had approved research to grow the crop with less nitrogen. The funding is now ...

On my family farm in Georgia, every season begins with the same basic question: will the numbers work? Like farmers across the country, my family looks at the cost of seed, fertilizer, feed, fuel, and ...

Walk into any Iowa cornfield and you’ll see the result of the longest agricultural research project in U.S. history. From the ...