The researchers think the crackling noises occur because of tiny fractures from the corn plant stretching, breaking and growing. The time-lapse video documents the noises, along with the plant ...

More corn is expected to go into the ground in 2025, and to get the highest yields requires some careful execution, according to Extension corn agronomist Jeff Coulter.

Alternatively, if you forgot to grow plants earlier, you can still grow corn by planting seeds directly into the soil in late spring and early summer. Use a dibber to make 2.5cm holes and sow two ...

US farmers are boosting corn planting to a five-year high as the looming trade war makes America’s mostly widely grown crop a ...

If pollen from a hot pepper fertilizes the flower of a sweet pepper, all the hot pepper genes from the father plant go into the embryo in the seed. The genes from the male parent do not play a part in ...

There’s some wiggle room when planting soybeans, but that’s not the case for corn. To avoid seed chilling, he advises farmers to plant corn only under two conditions: The soil temperature must ...

It's been 12 years since corn acreage has surpassed 95 million acres. Farmers will lean heavily on that crop in 2025, according to the USDA's Prospective Planting report released on March 31.