AgWeb1d
Corn Acres Top 95 Million, But There’s a Silver Lining in USDA’s March Acreage Report
Prospective Plantings report estimates U.S. farmers will plant: 95.3 million acres of corn in 2025, 83.5 million acres of ...
US Farmers to Plant Most Corn Since 2020 as Tariffs Loom
US farmers are boosting corn planting to a five-year high as the looming trade war makes America’s mostly widely grown crop a ...
The Globe1d
U.S. farmers expect to plant more corn and less soybean acres
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Producers surveyed across the United States intend to plant 95.3 million acres of corn in 2025, up 5% from ...
Lancaster Farming1d
Corn Acres to Rise 5% in 2025, USDA Says
U.S. farmers are expected to plant 95.3 million acres of corn this year while paring back soybean and wheat acreage.
‘Too much of a good thing’: Overuse is making Bt corn less effective against rootworm
Offering farmers more seed choices also would help reduce Bt overuse, researchers said. Bt traits targeting insect pests such ...
Don’t mess with Mexico’s maíz: Constitutional amendment to ban GMO corn seeds
To protect thousands of varieties of Mexico's prized heirloom corn, leaders vote to amend the constitution to ban the ...
Great Bend Tribune4d
Corn stunt disease – A new threat to Kansas Corn
Last year’s growing season brought to Kansas a new disease to corn. Corn stunt spiroplasma and its associated vector the corn ...
FOX 11 Los Angeles18d
Study shows how microplastic pollution is impacting plant growth
A new study finds that microplastic pollution reduces plant photosynthesis, threatening global food security and worsening ...
Phys.org28d
Key genes for corn architecture revealed, identifying future breeding targets
Compact plants can be planted closer together, adding up to more ears per acre. But compact corn didn't happen by accident; years of hybrid breeding did that. Now, two new genome-based studies are ...