He says the secret sauce for the 150-year-old pipe: the cob. “The variety of corn we have, we can end up with a tiny small cob or we ... open-pollinated corn varieties from way back in the ...

When most people think of corn, sweet corn comes to mind—the fresh corn on the cob we like to boil or grill ... That corn, called maize, was more similar to field corn, as sweet corn wasn ...

The food crisis, caused by El Nino-induced drought early last year, has stirred a wave of grave theft, forcing desperate farmers to harvest their maize before the cobs dry ... “Farmers should plant ...

Researchers at the University of Nevada-Reno recently unveiled 200 sorghum varieties that could be a game-changer in the food ...

Five hundred years ago, Columbus was one of the first Europeans to set eyes on maize-foundation of most great Western Hemisphere ... The oldest known remains of corn cobs may be in Tehuacan, Mexico, ...

George grows maize following a cover crop after winter barley, and before winter wheat. He opts for early-maturing varieties with high yield and good starch potential. “Fairly light land is ...

average cob weight 5%; seedling vigour 5%. We sowed 14 varieties of sweetcorn in Rootrainers inside at the start of May. We planted them outside at our trial site in north Gloucestershire at the ...

Small-scale farmers’ spokesperson David Kiberenge said many were buying seeds from KSC because dealers’ prices were high. This is because the company had earlier increased prices but later ...

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