Corn growers in the Midwest are testing whether they can use less fertilizer and still maintain yields or improve their bottom line through on-farm research trials. The project is designed for ...

Yield gains, denser stands, and improved nitrogen-use efficiency signal broad value across commodity, horticultural, ...

Corn growers seeking to increase the amount of nitrogen taken up by the crop can adjust many aspects of fertilizer application, but recent University of Illinois studies show the tweaks don’t do much ...

Sweet corn and popcorn are popular vegetable garden crops with a rich history of cultivation in North America. They are closely related to each other, to flint corn and flower corn, to the starchy ...

Truck driver Isaac Yara holds up a piece of dryland field corn while waiting for his truck load to finish. This corn is smaller than sweet corn. Western Kansas has inserted itself into the corn belt, ...