“As you drove around this area, the only corn that was standing happened to be short-stature hybrid corn,” recalls Sean Blomgren, a farmer and owner of Blomgren Seed based in central ...

Offering farmers more seed choices also would help reduce Bt overuse, researchers said. Bt traits targeting insect pests such ...

In the world of agriculture, a primary goal is maintaining genetic varieties necessary for evolution, be it crops or ...

that is exactly where you need to start for selecting corn hybrids for 2011. “Variety selection is number one in making difference in yield,” he says. “It’s important to look for the ...

However, the use of transgenic corn hybrids targeting rootworm pests has been remarkably similar across the entire region. This study explored the consequences of this disconnect. The research is ...

This is especially true for high value specialty corn hybrids such as food-grade white corn. Corn of high quality is essential for end users producing products such as corn chips, tortillas, masa ...

Durastak, Syngenta’s latest innovative corn trait stack for corn rootworm protection was approved the U.S. Environmental ...

Wheat growers in Nebraska often wonder if hybrid wheat could lead to increased yield and new beneficial traits like those ...