Growing multiple plants together is a great way to maximize the number of roots in the soil and the biology that makes up the ...

The pole beans will be planted a few weeks later or when the corn plants are 6-12” tall. Before planting the young pole beans around the mound's edge do a good weeding if needed. You can either ...

Since the first farmers tilled the soil more than 10,000 years ago, the plow has been the essential tool of human survival.

Weather Argentina has been experiencing hot and dry weather with limited precipitation during the critical growth stage of ...

“Farmers know how to grow corn. They know how to put seed in the ground. What they don’t do a very good job of is knowing how long it takes for every plant to come out of the ground,” Hula says.

A corn plant knows how to find water in soil with the very tips of its roots, but some varieties, including many used for breeding high-yielding corn in the U.S., appear to have lost a portion of that ...

The storm inflicted huge losses on North Carolina farms. As many farmers wait for aid to flow, some wonder whether they can — ...

One of the most frustrating criticisms corn farmers face is the contention that we should be growing corn strictly for food, not ethanol fuel. Our critics frame the debate as food vs. fuel, and ...

A north Iowa farmer is considering more corn acres this year. Caleb Renner of Klemme says prices are favoring corn over ...

Tennessee loses 10 acres of farmland every hour as farmers face unpredictable weather, markets and pressure to sell their ...