Following the first rains, farmers are busy in their gardens either planting or finalising land preparation. Ideally, this ...

A massive survey of genetic diversity in maize has produced a gene map that should pave the way to significant improvements in a plant that is a major source of food, fuel, animal feed and fiber ...

An agro firm, Corteva Agriscience, has donated 25 units of hand driven planters to the Maize Association of Nigeria (MAAN) to further support and boost the production in the country. MAAN received the ...

In eastern Canada, the use of fertilizer N has been identified as the most energy-consuming component of maize (Zea mays L.) grain production. As the economic and environmental costs of excessive N ...

Rendering some of the world’s toxic soils far less unfriendly, researchers are learning to grow stress-tolerant crops on formerly non-farmable land. Rendering some of the world's toxic soils far less ...

South African farmers probably produced the second-biggest maize crop on record in 2025 as the country experienced good rains earlier in the year.