Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) A new maize bioengineering method uses leaf whorls from young seedlings instead of immature embryos, reducing the need for advanced facilities and time. This ...

Maize farmers in Tiruvallur district have started harvesting their crop. Sown over 50 acres on a trial basis this year, the farmers say they are happy with the crop. Fifty farmers from four blocks ...

Visakhapatnam: Rains accompanied by gales in parts of the state for the past few days have damaged a large portion of standing crops, including mangoes, maize and bananas. Mangoes, that were ready ...

The European Commission has approved three genetically modified (GM) maize varieties for use in food and animal feed. They’ve been deemed just as safe as non-GM crops by the European Food Safety ...

Prices of the new maize crop in Gulabagh, ahead of the peak arrivals, are hovering around ₹2,300 per quintal, Sharma said. The minimum support price (MSP) for maize is ₹2,225 per quintal for ...

Except groundnut and bajra (millets), acreage of all other crops such as paddy, maize and moong is higher from last year’s corresponding area, data show. The current coverage is also more than ...

In Malawi's urban farming zones--Blantyre, Lilongwe, Mzuzu, and Zomba--an alarming 89% of farmers have been forced to harvest their maize crops prematurely, driven by a rising wave of theft ...

The reason is simple: maize grows fast, costs less to produce, and is less likely to be destroyed by early monsoon floods. Farmers say they can harvest the crop before the waters arrive.

What if harvesting delicate crops like asparagus and berries didn’t rely on expensive manual labor? Farming is changing, and automation is making it more efficient and cost-effective.

The findings suggest that crop pests are likely to increase most in high latitudes—temperate places further from the equator where crops such as wheat, maize and rice are grown.