A team that includes Rutgers University-New Brunswick scientists has unlocked some of the secrets of corn DNA, revealing how ...

Controlling soybean insects this fall makes spring management more effective. Learn how to combat soybean aphid and bean leaf ...

Stacy Campbell is a Crop Production Extension agent in the Cottonwood District (which includes Barton and Ellis cou ...

Gardeners can use a system called growing degree days to time pest control and planting more effectively. GDD measures heat accumulation to predict when plants and insects reach key stages of ...

I hate to break it to you, but just like your calendar can’t tell you the best time to harvest, it won’t provide you the ...

Peppermint, spearmint, corn mint and apple mint are common varieties. Mint leaves have many uses around the home and garden ...

Purple martins are gorgeous backyard birds, known for their iridescent feathers and mid-sky acrobatics. As North America’s ...

Instead they are emphasizing more subtle and selective methods of pest control—among them, the breeding of new insect-resistant crops, trapping pests with light and sound, and eliminating ...

This project by SUNY ESF is an attempt to create a version of the American chestnut that is more resistant to the fungus than ...