You can’t construct a strong building on a weak foundation, and you can’t grow a great corn crop on a weak root system. From freezing temperatures to voracious underground pests and other threats, ...

An analysis of data covering 12 years and 10 U.S. Corn Belt states reveals that farmers suffer economic loss from the overapplication of genetically engineered corn designed to combat rootworm pests.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Corn harvest in Minnesota (Image by Bob Pool, Shutterstock) The U.S. Department of Agriculture has officially deregulated a new ...

This field of Indiana corn was subjected to extended periods of rain-saturated soils but has demonstrated a vigorous recovery. In a season marked by uneven corn development and delayed soybeans, Farm ...

A study from the University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment offers fresh insights into a billion-dollar problem for U.S. corn producers each year. New research ...

(Reuters) - Researchers in the key corn-growing state of Illinois are finding significant damage from rootworms in farm fields planted in a rotation with a genetically modified corn that is supposed ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Volunteer corn can act as a safe harbor for some pests by expressing lower doses of the insecticide found in newly planted corn, according to Purdue University researchers.

BROOKINGS, S.D. -- Flooding and high soil moisture have negative impacts on soil-dwelling insects and without a doubt the most important pest affected by heavy rains in our area is corn rootworm, ...

After a long battle with corn rootworm, Midwest farmers thought they'd found relief in genetically modified seeds engineered to produce toxins deadly to the pest. But recent research confirms what ...

Corn rootworm is rearing its tiny head in abundance in a growing number of corn fields in the Corn Belt, according to experts in the field. University of Minnesota Extension corn entomologist Fei Yang ...

Aug 28 (Reuters) - Researchers in the key corn-growing state of Illinois are finding significant damage from rootworms in farm fields planted in a rotation with a genetically modified corn that is ...