SHALLOTTE, N.C. (WECT) - A sixth-grade teacher at Shallotte Middle School is hoping you will help her show her students how to grow plants. She’s asking for a maze kit and plant seeds through ...

Valley Corn Maize in East Grand Forks, Minnesota, claims to be the world’s largest standing corn maze this year, one that includes five levels and expands over 121 acres. Valley Corn Maize's claims to ...

Valley Corn Maize this year claims to be the world’s largest standing corn maze, one that includes five levels and expands over 121 acres. Valley Corn Maize's claims to have the world's largest corn ...

Farmers have long known that it's a good idea to rotate crops, and that concept is now getting a new spin. A Swiss study indicates that wheat yields are boosted when those crops are planted in fields ...

In 1716, Cotton Mather described maize which Americans call corn and pumpkins which are also known as squash as hybrid plants. On longer evolutionary time scales, hybridisation can lead to local ...

Late wilt disease, caused by the soil‐ and seed‐borne fungus Magnaporthiopsis maydis, presents a formidable challenge for maize production in diverse regions worldwide. The pathogen infects maize ...

Maize roots secrete certain chemicals that affect the quality of soil. In some fields, this effect increases yields of wheat planted subsequent to maize in the same soil by more than 4%. While the ...

The rains are here and farmers are busy. Maize farmers should understand the growth and development of the plant to do proper crop husbandry to maximise yields. Although farmers have no control of ...