Avoid planting too early or too late. "If you plant your corn too soon, you risk exposing it to cold temperatures, which can be detrimental to your seedling’s health," Berendsen says. Corn seeds may ...

If you’ve recently done any driving through the rural parts of our area, you’ve probably seen tractors pulling planters down beautiful rows of prepared soil. That’s because it’s corn planting time.

Hybridization of other crops followed suit, including canola, rice, sorghum, sunflowers and wheat. Soybean remains an exception because its pollen shed occurs within a closed flower, making ...

Late emergence can cost farmers 30% yield, but engineers say ArrowTube technology could improve seed placement for better crop yields.

A proposal to limit the use of neonicotinoid-coated crop seeds collapsed in the Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee last week, as rural lawmakers, including two Democrats, joined ...

Last year, Autumn Laskody’s garden produced a bountiful harvest. The plants that lined her yard yielded more tomatoes, zucchini, green beans, beets, potatoes, peppers, carrots and corn than the ...

But nature’s survival plan creates a bit of a challenge for home gardeners because the hard coating prevents those seeds from sprouting easily. So it’s up to us to mimic the effects of stomach acid to ...

It's the first time ROC-certified seeds have reached mainstream retail at scale in the gardening section at Walmart, Home ...

Phillips County Farmer Josh McClain for the second year broke the Kansas Soybean Yield Contest record by double digits.

Discover how to grow vegetables, herbs and flowers in containers, even with limited space or mobility challenges. Learn ...

With escalating food prices, now is a great time to start growing some of your own vegetables. Not only can you save money, ...

Corn production has increased by two bushels per acre annually, but we don’t have enough demand. What can we do about it?