It’s estimated that one acre of corn can produce 3,000-4,000 gallons of water in a single day. Just for reference, that would be like filling up and dumping out a hot tub 20 times within a ...

Southern corn blight was blamed for the corn shortfall of 1970. Northern corn blight, seen here, produces different markings on the diseased leaves. Getty Images ...

The phenomenon has for years been blamed by some for sweltering summer conditions in Iowa, yet recent research shows that ...

Answer: One ear of corn has 16 rows of kernels with about 38 kernels in a row, which is 608 kernels on an ear. Compare corn with other crop plants. A single oat seed gives about 20-25 kernels. One ...

At Beck’s headquarters in Atlanta, Ind., the research process hinges on what agronomists there call Root Reveal Research.The practice involves a unique protocol for growing single corn plants in ...