Seeds cost more every year. Garden centers stack those bright packets near the checkout line like candy, and each spring the cart fills up again. But a thriving garden already holds next year’s supply ...

When selecting hybrids, you're continuing work that started over 100 years ago with innovators seeking better than 25-bushel-per-acre corn.

The Arikara Tribe led the last tribal movement north to North Dakota. They were skilled corn farmers who relied on the crop for sustenance and trade. They were also the first Plains tribe to battle ...

Avoid planting too early or too late. "If you plant your corn too soon, you risk exposing it to cold temperatures, which can be detrimental to your seedling’s health," Berendsen says. Corn seeds may ...

Plant swaps help save seeds, build community, preserve biodiversity, protect food sovereignty, and encourage a new generation ...

George Ball stood at the W. Atlee Burpee & Co. booth at the Philadelphia Flower show last week and lifted the company’s artfully designed 150th anniversary seed collection from a wooden rack. Ball, 74 ...

Not only can you save money, but you’ll enjoy great flavor and maximum nutritional value by growing your own spring and ...

The U.S. sugar market has been overwhelmed by foreign subsidized sugar, pushing down the prices American farmers receive by a ...

Used coffee grounds don't need to go in the garbage. Naturally, you can add them to compost, but some plants actually love grounds in a variety of formats.

Residents and local officials in Evangeline Parish are expressing opposition to plans by Charm Industrial to inject bio-oil into an orphaned well.

Never in human history have so many lived in water-limited environments. Never in human history has water waste been concentrated on such few crops.Transition to drought tolerant millets is not only ...