This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Planting season for corn and soybeans across the US will begin as soon as March in ...

Planting season for corn and soybeans across the U.S. will begin as soon as March in Southern states and then move north. As farmers plant, they will deploy vast quantities of insecticides into the ...

Alternatives are available for neonicotinoid insecticide seed coatings, saving farmers money and better protecting the environment. Conventional corn farmers—who grow the ubiquitous grain on 90 ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. As I prepared for the conference, a few interesting news items on the industry ...

Mother Nature wraps every kernel of seed corn in a thin protective coat, called the pericarp. It covers the seed like skin, providing a first line of defense against soil pathogens, pests and ...

Pesticide-coated seeds are one of the most efficient—and thus popular—ways to get that pesticide treatment onto a plant. Over the past decade or so, pesticide-coated seeds have become incredibly ...

Conventional corn farmers—who grow the ubiquitous grain on 90 million acres in the U.S.—are struggling. Since 2014, these farmers have been spending more to produce corn than they can earn by selling ...