While growing corn is relatively easy, ensuring that the ears are full of juicy kernels requires adequate pollination with a ...
Climate change is an issue that we cannot avoid, and one of the biggest concerns that affects farmers and home gardeners ...
Some vegetable gardens still have fruits to harvest prior to frost. The fruit of all plants is the part that has seed. It ...
When Chris Mujjabi found an envelope marked ‘Kitale Synthetic’ in a cold storage room at the University of Illinois ...
Heading into harvest, grain traders continue to seek answers for basic supply and demand fundamentals for corn and soybeans.
At the Reints farm in Northeast Iowa corn yields have been running above last year but they left a lot of yield potential ...
The American farmer today is asked to pay $1 million for equipment to harvest crops selling at 19th century prices. | Opinion ...
The summer’s extreme heat and severe drought have severely impacted crop development. The corn crop, in particular, struggled ...
Just like growing your own food, saving your own seed is another great way to ensure you are in control of your own food ...
Kansas farmer Kim Baldwin shares how growing and marketing popcorn has opened doors for farm tours, school visits, and ...
Harvest season is underway, at least for some crops.  Harvest season marks the time when mature crops are gathered from the fields, but timing varies.
One farmer feels smoke from nearby wildfires protected his crop from the sun’s rays, resulting in more seeds per pod and more ...