High-population corn (36,000 to 48,000 plants per acre) planted in narrow rows is perking a lot of farmers’ ears. The foundation of success with high populations is hybrid selection, says Farm Journal ...

New research on the U.S.'s most economically important agricultural plant - corn - has revealed a different internal structure of the plant than previously thought, which can help optimize how corn is ...

ST. LUCIA, Australia, March 17 (UPI) -- An Australian-led study has found corn yield increases during the past 80 years in the U.S. corn belt are mostly due to the crop's changing root structure. The ...

Short-stature corn hybrids are gaining more interest from farmers in the Corn Belt as wind events become a greater concern for standability. In the process of evaluating shorter hybrids for the farm, ...

Corn-based fuel ethanol facilities mix enzymatically treated, gelatinized corn starch with water to generate a “mash” that is used as the substrate in large-scale (~500, 000 gallon) yeast-based ...