That corn, called maize, was more similar to field corn, as sweet corn wasn’t cultivated until the mid-1700s. The revered and versatile crop shaped the region’s culinary landscape and played a ...

Widespread planting of corn hybrids designed to combat corn rootworm, the crop's most damaging pest in the Corn Belt, is ...

The Commerce Ministry plans to seek cabinet endorsement to ban the import of maize from fields that ... countries to guarantee the corn comes from fields that are not burned after harvesting ...

Maize and maize byproducts are the raw materials mostly used in poultry and swine diets. Nutritionists prefer to incorporate ...

Clamping maize in a field could be an option for farmers to avoid overfilling permanent structures or making a mess on roadways – but it requires careful planning. Hefin Richards of Rumenation ...

After earning her Ph.D., she became an instructor at Cornell and worked on the first of her major contributions to genetics by studying the chromosomes of maize, also known as Indian corn.

A research team led by Andrea Eveland, PhD, associate member at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, has uncovered key ...

Maize farming faces significant challenges throughout the world due to drought, leading to substantial economic losses. This is especially critical in ...