Nick Seiter, University of Illinois Extension entomologist, said populations of both northern and western corn rootworms have ...

Seed Genetics Direct Vice President Todd Jeffries recently announced the winners of the company’s 2025 Yield Contest, ...

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Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Colorado farmers plant tens of millions of corn seeds every year, nearly every one of them covered in a thin layer of insecticide. The neonicotinoids used in ...

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign corn breeders Martin Bohn (left) and Christopher Mujjabi (right) are leveraging public genebanks to speed up the corn breeding process to develop high-quality, ...

You want maximum yields this year, so that means more plants in the ground, right? As with most questions related to crop production, that depends. Several factors can influence the yield response of ...

An employee of Ailes Detasseling walks through a seed corn field near Utica, Neb., in 2024. Detasseling is seen as a rite of passage for Midwest teenagers, but in recent years, more of the detasseling ...

Federal antitrust regulators should do more to enhance competition within the seed and fertilizer industries to end the intense market concentration in the sector that has increased prices for ...

Many Iowans hope that when Corteva spins off its seed operation, it will choose a name reflecting its roots in the historic Pioneer brand. The company currently is calling the planned independent ...