In collaboration with professors at the University, researchers are working on a new breed of corn that reduces nitrogen loss. Connor Sible, research assistant professor in ACES, discussed his team’s ...

PlantArcBio, an ag-biotechnology company pioneering precision biology for better crop performance, and Helix Sementes e Biotecnologia, a corn and sorghum seed company within Agroceres Group, today ...

Grace Breeding (TASE: GRAC), a forward-thinking AgClimateTech company developing biological-based agriculture products, unveils the latest results from its ongoing field study conducted, in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Western Illinois University is set to host its 2025 Allison Organic Research and Demonstration Farm field day on Aug. 12. The ...

Fargo - Corn may be king, but it hasn't conquered the cold. A North Dakota State University researcher aims to change that. Professor Marcelo Carena is breeding cold-tolerant, short-season, ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture is investing in University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign research that could expedite the development of ...

ELDORA, Iowa — A 2.1-acre corn plot on Ron and Steve Brunk’s Eldora farm is not a high tech lab equipped with a gene gun, but important corn breeding work is under way all the same. The Brunks are ...

AMES, Iowa -- It’s hard to beat fresh sweet corn in the summer. Or is it? Two Iowa State University faculty are part of a major federal research project aimed at boosting sweet corn quality, using the ...

When Norman Borlaug moved to Mexico in 1944, 60% of the wheat consumed in the country was imported. The government wanted to produce enough of the staple domestically to meet demand, so with money ...

URBANA, Ill. — When Chris Mujjabi found an envelope marked ‘Kitale Synthetic’ in a cold storage room at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, the corn breeder knew he had stumbled on something ...

A new discovery, reported in a global study that encompassed more than a decade of research, could lead to the breeding of corn crops that can withstand drought and low-nitrogen soil conditions and ...

As a leading company in seed research and production, Brian Barker joined the AgReliant Genetics team as CEO and president mid-2023. He shares what’s next for the industry and the company as they ...