Ta So Hamlet 1 in Moc Chau ward, Son La province, home to the Mong ethnic group, is located at “Heaven’s Gate,” about 20 ...

Learn how to test soil early, prepare well and plant cotton into the right conditions for uniform stands and lasting yield ...

Growing food indoors presents some challenges, but there are advantages. Microgreens or sprouts can be grown in compact trays on a sunny windowsill.

Plus, a California native that can make do with little, if any, summer water and tolerate light shade and imperfect soil ...

First-grade students at South Central Calhoun Elementary in Rockwell City and Manson Northwest Webster Elementary in Barnum traveled back in time recently to learn about Iowa agriculture history.

Choose plants that complement corn. Growing corn is exciting to watch as it goes from a small, humble seedling to a tall and sturdy plant and eventually produces cobs of corn. However, counting on ...

Find a spot in your home that gets plenty of sunlight, like a south or west-facing window. Natural light helps microgreens ...

Painted Mountain is a colorful open pollinated corn that matures quickly. It can be eaten fresh off the cob or left to mature ...

The Renewable Fuel Standard, passed in the mid 2000s, requires that gasoline be blended with ethanol, which in the United States comes almost entirely from corn. That mandate drives up demand and ...

The U.S. Department of Energy has chosen a Holtec project in western Michigan as one of two nationally to receive hundreds of millions of federal dollars to develop the first small modular nuclear ...

For decades, corn has reigned over American agriculture. It sprawls across 90 million acres — about the size of Montana — and goes into everything from livestock feed and processed foods to the ...

President George W. Bush holds an ear of corn during a 2004 campaign stop at a farmers market in Davenport, Iowa. America’s corn industry has become a political force, courted by presidential hopefuls ...