Many posts and porch pillars are clad nowadays in a bundle of cornstalks possibly a tie and some decorative corn and a pumpkin or two. Farmers are seen with their large corn pickers bringing in the ...

Since its launch in 2007, New York-based Ecovative Design has garnered a lot of attention for creating building and packaging materials with low-carbon footprints by mixing agricultural waste with ...

Iowa livestock farmers who’ve seen their pastures dry up and their hay supply dwindle may be able to find another source to feed their animals. Corn stalks can be chopped up and turned into silage.

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Local farmers are praying for showers since it’s that time of the season, according to Elizabeth A ...

The speed with which tar spot can take over and decimate a corn crop is hard to grasp unless you’ve seen the devastation happen first hand. Vince Davis, an agronomic solutions area manager for BASF, ...

A fungus and E. coli bacteria have joined forces to turn tough, waste plant material into isobutanol, a biofuel that matches gasoline's properties better than ethanol. A fungus and E. coli bacteria ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP)-- Minnesota officials are offering to pay farmers who leave corn stalks standing along highways this winter to help keep snow from drifting. The state Department of Transportation ...

Iowa crop yields have been surprisingly robust despite drought conditions that persisted throughout the growing season in Iowa, but they came at the expense of stalk stability, according to several ...