Not all bird seed is created equal. Here's the lowdown on which mixed bird seed you should avoid putting in your feeder for ...

Roswell Garst and Charlie Thomas founded the Garst and Thomas Hybrid Corn Company in Coon Rapids, Iowa in 1931. The company was instrumental in promoting the use of hybrid corn at the time, and they ...

The federal label expands potential registration to all 50 states in field and sweet corn seed. Avipel is a liquid seed treatment applied to corn prior to planting. It deters birds from eating ...

Cornstarch and potato starch are both white, odorless powders used in a variety of dishes. Which one you buy will depend on ...

Seed oils are frequently used in cooking because of their high smoke point and versatility. However, recent debates have ...

Eugene Funk was the grandson of Isaac Funk, one of McLean County, Illinois’ earliest settlers and arguably the best livestock producer in the area at the time. The Funk’s success in livestock led them ...

Sweet corn is a warm-season crop that matures between 60 and 100+ days. Plant corn seeds in late spring when there is no more danger of frost and the soil has warmed to at least 60°F to 65°F.

Seed treatments may reduce symptoms and infection, but these treatments cannot eliminate the fungus, which persists in the ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vows to "Make America Healthy Again" by cracking down on ultra-processed foods - many containing seed ...

Haber, E S. 1938. A study of drought resistance in inbred strains of sweet corn, Zea mays, var. Rugosa. Iowa Agric Exper Sta Res Bull, 243. Haskell, G. 1948. Sweet corn in England. The Fruit, The ...

Seed companies say many of them started using the zone pricing model about 20 years ago, when the first Bt corn borer trait hit the market. “The concept of zone pricing began in high corn borer ...

Omega-6 fatty acids, commonly found in seed oils like soybean, corn, and sunflower, are prevalent in ultra-processed foods that dominate the Western diet. These fats are essential for health ...