Lucrative contracts from several UK merchants have encouraged a number of arable farmers to grow grain maize in the UK, with ...

AGRICULTURE Minister Reuben Mtolo has urged farmers to explore the possibility of growing winter maize to supplement and meet a possible deficit emanating from the dry spell which is currently ...

New research explains how the plant hormone abscisic acid (ABA) enhances root gravitropism by promoting auxin production, ...

Bagala, 77, from Goshing, said that in the old days, a majority of the land was used for growing maize, but now only a few hundred acres are used for cultivation. “People prefer more affordable ...

Thousands of perfectly shaped trees are harvested in the lead-up to the festive season at Andrew McAllister's Needle Fresh Christmas tree farm in Swannanoa. In a next door paddock he's created a huge ...

Scientists have discovered how plants adapt their root systems in drought conditions to grow steeper into the soil to access deeper water ...