Dr. Dan Quinn, Purdue Corn Agronomist, shared his experience with abnormal mesocotyl growth of corn seedlings in the most recent Pest & Crop Newsletter. As a young agronomist, one of the first things ...

With the ability to be finely engineered to tackle the disease in different ways, nanoparticles hold huge potential when it comes to cancer treatment. Researchers at the Tokyo University of Science ...

You can’t construct a strong building on a weak foundation, and you can’t grow a great corn crop on a weak root system. From freezing temperatures to voracious underground pests and other threats, ...

Yield gains, denser stands, and improved nitrogen-use efficiency signal broad value across commodity, horticultural, ...

GRANBY, Mass. (WWLP) – Although the strawberry season has arrived, farmers are looking ahead, and having wet and rainy weather for the last few weeks has worried them about sweet corn growth. Local ...

BIRD ISLAND, Minnesota — Weather whipsaws are a part of farming, and this year has been a doozy, ranging from drought to excessive winds that have flattened sweetcorn they grow on commercial contracts ...

BOONE, Iowa — Despite the rain causing some planting delays, the corn across Iowa is looking better than it has in the past four years. “We have two different crops in some respects. So, we have some ...

The Environmental Defense Fund's report says by 2030 all Iowa counties will see corn yields at least 5 percent lower than where they'd be without climate change. A new report projects that climate ...