Indigenous peoples originally cultivated corn's wild ancestor, teosinte, over 9,000 years ago in what is now Mexico.That corn, called maize, was more similar to field corn, as sweet corn wasn’t ...

Researchers were astounded that Menominee could grow so much in a cold climate with a relatively short growing season.

If Corn Is Biofuels King, Tropical Maize May Be Emperor Date: October 19, 2007 Source: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Summary: When crop scientist Fred Below began growing tropical ...

From the air, Ronald Reagan’s image emerges from a sea of green corn stalks in Illinois. “Georgia on my mind” is written in script in a field of maize at a dairy farm in Georgia.No, they ...

Corn mazes have become a fall favorite in Southern New England. But this year, the coronavirus pandemic has made it difficult for some local farms to make their mazes safe for guests.

Downtime The A-maize-ing Life of a Corn Maze Designer Cutting Reba McEntire’s face into a field is just part of the job when you’re a mastermind of “agritainment.” ...

In 2009, more than 85 per cent of American corn crops were genetically modified to either repel pests or to be tolerant to herbicides used to kill weeds in a cultivated field. The GM maize, or ...

Sadly, his favorite corn seed is no longer on the market. For years he used a seed called Redi-Maize from Seedway, which was marketed specifically for building corn mazes. “It was a beautiful corn ...

If corn is biofuels king, tropical maize may be emperor Peer-Reviewed Publication. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau ...