Dryland maize farmers in parts of South Africa may be planting a month later and harvesting sooner, but at lower yields, amid longer, hotter summers. The projected changed conditions are expected to ...

The cup plant (Silphium perfoliatum) offers an ecologically advantageous alternative to silage maize for bioenergy production ...

South African farmers are expected to plant 7% more hectares of maize in the 2020/2021 season compared with the previous season as higher prices and favourbale weather conditions encourage plantings, ...

Maize's evolution, global importance, and newfound plant communication discovery offer insights into sustainable agriculture ...

Plant scientists discovered hidden stem cell regulators tied to growth and crop size. Their breakthrough could transform how we grow food, fuel, and resilient harvests.

Phangyul farmers in Wangdue Phodrang are now growing maize as an alternative cash crop. Phangyuel Gewog Administration says ...

A farmer, who started growing white maize after struggling to find the staple crop he had eaten growing up, was visited by ...

MINSK, 16 May (BelTA) - Grain maize has been planted on 100.3% of the designated area in Belarus, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry. Spring crops were sown on 1,911,900 ...

Johannesburg - South African maize farmers in the Free State maize growing belt are behind on their planting preparations because of high fuel prices, Senwes, one of the country's largest agricultural ...

When David Mwanaka moved to the UK from Zimbabwe more than 20 years ago, he couldn’t find white maize, a staple crop he had eaten growing up. So he started growing it in addition to other traditional ...