Going forward, price action in grain markets will be influenced largely by what could be a potential sharp reduction in ...

Most legumes are pollinated by insects such as bees producing Acacia or clover honey. Pollination by birds (ornithophily) and bats (chiropterophily) is relatively uncommon in flowering plants, though ...

Omega-6 fatty acids, commonly found in seed oils like soybean, corn, and sunflower, are prevalent in ultra-processed foods that dominate the Western diet. These fats are essential for health ...

Steam billowed in the 20-degree cold last week, as workers turned raw corn into sweet, ubiquitous high-fructose corn syrup. Three miles away, a Primient mill, which sprawls across 400 acres ...

For late-planted fields, ensure enough silks are left for corn pollination and that they’re not clipped within a half inch of the ear. Additionally, look for Japanese beetle and rootworm feeding ...

In the scorching morning heat Thai Sade brushes the avocado trees he will soon artificially pollinate. Based on a moshav, or collective farm, in central Israel, Mr Sade is the founder of tech firm ...

Corn nearing pollination will take the biggest hit to yield outcomes at harvest, according to Ken Ferrie, Farm Journal Field Agronomist, who’s based in central Illinois just south of Bloomington.

“If we start of the month of August with that type of heat, the market’s building in some weather premium.” Hot and dry weather during crucial corn pollination and soybean pod development is likely to ...

Corn requires half-inch long fresh silks at the tips of ears in order to pollinate. When pests clip silks shorter than that, pollination won’t happen. “When pollen drops, you need the silks to ...