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That's a tricky problem, as deer are very persistent, will eat almost anything if hungry enough, and are quite good at undoing our plans to stop them! Some things work for a while, until they don't, ...
Corn earworms are one of the most economically harmful pests in North America, and they can quickly become resistant to ...
Gardening is in Susie Sonflieth’s bones. Raised by her grandparents on a farm in Texas, she and her cousins spent their summers growing corn, okra and other crops the family would sell at the market.
"The end goal, when you hear the word popcorn, you think of Pilot Knob Farm and not Orville Redenbacher," fifth generation ...
U.S. farmers have hit very few snags with corn planting this spring, and the foreseeable future is barrier-free.
For a particularly prolific corn harvest, consider planting a few helpful neighbors, from herbs to vegetables to some sweet ...
Let’s start with a novel one: Can you grow corn in Southcentral? Corn! This is the true Holy Grail of Alaska gardening, not ...
China will plant four to five times more genetically modified (GM) corn this year than last, analysts and executives say, ...
GDUs offer a more reliable method to predict corn emergence and development than using calendar days, according to yield ...
corn oil, and safflower oil). Monounsaturated fats. These come from plant sources. They’re found in nuts, vegetable oil, canola oil, olive oil, sunflower oil, safflower oil, and avocado.
That's how challenging it can be for scientists to distinguish the tiny powdery pollen grains produced by fir, spruce and pine trees. But a new artificial ...
“Despite declining union membership, our biggest unions have been able to grow exponentially through secret deals with superannuationfunds and worker entitlement funds,” he said. “Many of ...