Extension Corn Agronomist Jeff Coulter offered some reminders recently about selecting seed for the 2017 crop. Hybrid selection is one of the most important agronomic decisions for corn ...

BioLumic is supporting field trials of UV treated ryegrass to validate methane reduction in livestock, scaling up seed ...

Should you be concerned about unusually small hybrid corn seed? What planter adjustments ... to the manual’s recommendations for the seed size (seeds per pound). Oddball sizes may also require ...

Weather extremes such as drought are an increasing concern among corn growers, especially after the dry conditions that ...

However, yield performance across the seed industry hasn’t ... he’s seen from short-stature corn varieties has been comparable to standard-sized hybrids. In 2023, he and two customers grew ...

Modern corn comes from hybrid corn humans bred ... t find them anywhere except for a seed catalog or farmer's market. However, a few other interesting varieties like shoepeg sweet corn sometimes ...

The seeds from the corn are saved after each harvest and passed down by each generation ... Gaviria explains the difference between heirloom corn and hybrid GMO corn, which is bred to produce more ...

Recently, hybrid wheat research has seen investment from both the public and private sector including a recent announcement from Corteva on a breakthrough in wheat hybridization technology.

“While growing this corn gives us an exclusive opportunity to put a dish on the menu with it, it also helps us realize why farmers use hybrid seeds these days.” This formidable dish is ...