Let’s start with a novel one: Can you grow corn in Southcentral? Corn! This is the true Holy Grail of Alaska gardening, not ...

Strawberry farming began locally as a ‘stay afloat’ crop between tobacco harvests. Today, Lee County is a leader in strawberry production and home to a rapidly growing spring festival By Billy ...

Corn is central to Mexico’s agriculture, cuisine, nutrition, and culture. It is the center of origin for corn, since ...

In a couple of situations where we plant corn, the soil may already provide some or all the nitrogen (N) the crop needs. Two ...

The USDA said that as of April 27, 2025, 24% of the corn crop in the country’s top states has been planted. That’s ahead of the five-year average of 22%. According to the report, corn planting has ...

Soybeans and corn are starting to be seeded into the ground across the U.S. Soil temperatures are still cold in many areas, ...

ASHTON, Ill. — Corn and soybeans are planted at the same time on the Henert farm. “We go off soil conditions so we started ...

“With cooler temperatures in early spring, a plant’s cuticle layer thickens, and it can’t translocate herbicides as ...

For decades, the American corn monocultures have fueled an industry—corn ethanol—that promised to make gasoline cleaner. That promise has failed. But a new study suggests these sprawling fields could ...

Iowa farmers had just over two days suitable for field work last week due to rainy conditions, but are ahead of normal ...

GDUs offer a more reliable method to predict corn emergence and development than using calendar days, according to yield ...

The following was written by Giovani Preza Fontes and Emerson Nafziger with the Department of Crop Sciences at the University ...