When it comes to choosing a variety best suited for the rigors of a corn maze, Mike Shryock of Shryocks Callaway Farms near Columbia, Mo., pays particular attention to stalk strength and standability.

It has created a physical wall of corn stalks that has blocked roadways in the area. At the last measure, Butler County Emergency Management calculated around 300 yards of corn debris now covers ...

Consider this ancient ear of maize, which Walter Hough pulled out ... s most important foodstuffs—think of the enormous stalks of corn rippling across Midwestern fields—is far more complex ...

and he and his creation are lovingly rendered in stalks of corn at large scale. “Nothing runs like a Deere,” reads the top of the maze, right next to the face of Deere himself. If you’re ...

Corn stalks should be sampled at least one week after black layers ... Evaluation of soil and plant nitrogen tests for maize on manured soils of the Atlantic Coastal Plain. Agron. J. 87:213-222. This ...

Kenya: One of the most destructive maize pests – the stalk borer – has figured out a way of safely feeding on genetically modified crops even when farmers apply recently recommended strategies ...

Push- Pull is a simple natural method that uses desmodium and Napier grass to control stalk borer in a maize field. In this method, desmodium, leguminous herb is planted between maize rows and ...

Interestingly, due to the introduction of Bt maize, recent research suggests there has been an areawide suppression of European corn borer populations (Hutchison et al. 2010). This is beneficial ...