A century of breeding corn to boost yields in the US Midwest may have also made the crop more vulnerable to the hotter temperatures expected with climate change. “It’s fairly severe,” says Patrick ...

AMES, Iowa – Sweet corn breeding has lagged behind advances in field corn due to its smaller market footprint, but an agronomist at Iowa State University is contributing to a national effort aimed at ...

For the past two decades, promises of crop improvement have been the domain of genetically modified plants: mostly, crops supplemented with bacterial genes to resist pests or weedkillers like Roundup.

In collaboration with professors at the University, researchers are working on a new breed of corn that reduces nitrogen loss. Connor Sible, research assistant professor in ACES, discussed his team’s ...

Grace Breeding (TASE: GRAC), a forward-thinking AgClimateTech company developing biological-based agriculture products, unveils the latest results from its ongoing field study conducted, in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Western Illinois University is set to host its 2025 Allison Organic Research and Demonstration Farm field day on Aug. 12. The ...