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 ...

Give a nod to harvest season by crafting corn stalk pieces for your spaces. "Why run to a store and buy plastic decorations when Mother Nature provides it all?" Schoenberg asks. She notes that corn ...

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.

Bayer Crop Science is developing a new corn hybrid that could be more wind resistant.The hybrid was developed to grow to be about one-third shorter than today's conventional corn. The corn's shorter ...

BROOKINGS, S.D. -- Producers looking for ways to reduce feed costs might consider grazing corn stalks, says Julie Walker, South Dakota State University Extension Service beef specialist and associate ...

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 ...

Buffalo, NY — The corn stalks are the highest they've been in years for some local farms, and in some cases almost double when compared to last year. "Ten, twelve feet tall," Dan Pawlowski, the owner ...