Hurricane Florence was targeting Campbell Coxe’s farm. Days earlier, the 2018 storm had rapidly intensified in the Atlantic, and now Darlington County, South Carolina, was in the path. Coxe had to ...

Is there any vegetable that screams Ohio summer more than sweet corn eaten on the cob? Some gardeners might argue that the tomato is the more popular vegetable grown in Ohio, and it is the state fruit ...

Sweet corn harvested fresh from the home garden and cooked soon afterward is one of life’s great treats. If you have never had that experience, now is the time to plant sweet corn in the garden. Sweet ...

Years of research as well as anecdotal reports from growers indicate that growing plants from local seeds will produce the healthiest and best adapted plants. It makes sense. University research has ...

Light is integral to crop growth and development. Now, it could play a valuable role in protecting corn and soybean seed from stress while improving plant composition and resiliency, according to new ...

Bayer and university researchers summarized several years of data, concluding that short-stature corn systems reduced carbon intensity for growing corn by 13%. The same study concluded that root ...

Idaho contrasts with its neighbors when it comes to sweet corn. Seed is the state’s sweet corn niche. Some 66% of the world’s supply of sweet corn starts with seeds developed in Canyon County, Idaho, ...