Genome editing with CRISPR and other tools is an exciting new technology with myriad applications from human health ...

Farmers are increasingly turning to high-moisture corn silage, specifically earlage or snaplage, due to its high energy content and easy digestibility.

Farmers need to dig up corn plants and evaluate root nodes for damage ... Regardless, Seiter says, crop rotation is a strong management tool. Soil insecticides are also effective.

Cereal rye is a winter annual grass, surviving the winter in all of Pennsylvania and north into USDA hardiness zone 3. It ...

Ear count, not just population, makes corn yield. The first step to more ears per field is stand and ear counts. Determine the causes of gaps, late-emerging plants and missing ears so you know how ...

Corn silk is the long, thread-like strands of plant material that grow underneath the husk of a fresh ear of corn. These shiny, thin fibers aid the pollination and growth of corn, but they’re ...

The website will pack 40 years of K-State crop performance tests and other information into easy-to-read formats for farmers.

The deal will see Primient supply corn dextrose from its facility in Lafayette, Indiana, to Sustainea’s first bio-MEG plant, ...

While there is a good range of garlic bulbs to plant, you should not grow garlic from grocery store garlic - as these bulbs are often treated with chemicals to stop them sprouting and could bring ...

The corn's smaller stature and sturdier base enable it to withstand winds of up to 50 mph — researchers hover over fields with a helicopter to see how the plants handle the wind. The smaller ...

Jennifer Royer, curator at Landis Valley, says the tool is a hand-held corn husker. The corn husker is concave-pointed, with a 1-inch-wide leather strap, Royer says, which is tied to the husker ...