Moisture meters 

By: Alison Squires

Save trips to the elevator with one of these accurate moisture testers.

A new breed of corn 

A new Bt corn trait named Herculex I can control corn borer, cutworms and armyworms. Dow AgroSciences and Pioneer Hi-Bred International jointly developed...

Outsmarting stalk rot 

By: Gil Gullickson

Hybrid selection and cultural practices can halt this killer.

Battling brittlesnap 

By: Gil Gullickson

Rural residents repeat the phrase he's a goooood farmer with the same reverence reserved for the papacy and royalty. You know the type. He or she picks...

Peruvian protector 

By: Gil Gullickson

If current European corn borer (ECB) control options frustrate you, go south. Way south. Peru the northwestern South American country best known for mountains,...

2001: a seed odyssey 

By: Wayne Wenzel

In our annual review of new seed products, we asked several large and mid-sized seed companies to send us their best of the best in new corn and soybean...

Corn-bred pharmaceuticals 

By: Karen McMahon

Drugs to prevent herpes and AIDS may be grown in a farmer's field of corn. A collaboration between a well-established drug manufacturer and a new company...

Golden fields of plastics 

By: Roxanne Furlong

"Plastics." In the 1960s, that word meant the future of an industry worth billions. Now, by using science and expertise, two industry leaders may change...

ConAgra accepts GM corn 

Concern over what corn varieties are approved for the European Union (EU) have quieted, at least for now.ConAgra, in a joint marketing agreement with...

Complete feed from the field 

By: Joan Olson

Seed companies improve the nutritioual value of feed cornAbout 80% of the corn produced in the United States is fed to animals. In recent years, seed...