The rains are here and farmers are busy. Maize farmers should understand the growth and development of the plant to do proper crop husbandry to maximise yields. Although farmers have no control of ...

An international group of scholars has recently discovered and proved that one civilization in the Amazon successfully ...

New insights into the maize genome must be incorporated into breeding programs to realize the potential of crop genomics ... combining the genomes of inbred plants from different genetic groups.

The challenging 2024 season produced some unwelcome weather for growing forage maize, but it also underlined several valuable lessons, says Simon Montgomery, ProCam Field Options technical lead.

Farmers can still plant some other crops, in particular short-season varieties of traditional grains, beans, sweet potatoes and sunflowers. About 1 750 407 hectares of maize were planted ...