New research establishes the amazing diversity of maize -- specifically the variety of proteins that the plant's genes can generate. The finding has great import for agriculture, as maize is one of ...

People in the southern lowlands of the U.S. rapidly committed to maize agriculture -- but it was another 2,000 years before the crop was widely grown at higher elevations. Kelly Swarts et al.

University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences URBANA, Ill. ¬- Climate change creates extreme weather patterns that are especially challenging for people in ...

First-Ever Discussions on Introducing a Guaranteed Price for Maize Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation K. D. Lalkantha stated that the government will consider farmers’ proposals ...

Harvesting machine designed to efficiently harvest a variety of grain crops lies idle in the yard as farmers wait for the rains to subdue before they embark on getting their crop from the farms. There ...

Maize is the third most important food grain crop in Pakistan, with an annual production of approximately 10.634 million tonnes, cultivated over an area of 1.72 million hectares. The country's maize ...

The country’s agriculture and livestock sector recorded a strong performance in the third quarter of this year. There was an ...

Just a year ago, agriculture was hailed as the "saviour" of Pakistan's economy. The sector recorded an impressive growth rate of 6.25% - the best in two decades — and well above that of other sectors.

Cold Spring Harbor, NY -- The genome of the corn plant - or maize, as it's called almost everywhere except the US - "is a lot more exciting" than scientists have previously believed. So says the lead ...