News tagged with corn yields

Global prices of pollination-dependent products such as coffee could rise in the long term: study

In recent years the economic value of pollination-dependent crops has substantially increased around the world. As a team of researchers from the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), the Technical ...

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 27, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A quick way to grade grasses for ethanol yields

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) researchers have developed an inexpensive way to grade the ethanol potential of perennial grasses at the biorefinery's loading dock.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Aug 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Calibrating corn production in potato country

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) are studying soil moisture levels and other field dynamics to help Pacific Northwest famers maximize the production of corn, a relatively new regional crop that helps ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Aug 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

US farmers dodge the impacts of global warming -- at least for now

Global warming is likely already taking a toll on world wheat and corn production, according to a new study led by Stanford University researchers. But the United States, Canada and northern Mexico have largely ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 05, 2011 | popularity 2.9 / 5 (8) | comments 29 | with audio podcast

Researchers study insecticide-free method for control of soybean aphids

(PhysOrg.com) -- Two Iowa State University researchers are examining a new method of controlling soybean aphids without the use of chemical pesticides. Bryony Bonning, professor of entomology, and Allen Miller, professor of pl ...

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Corn yield stability varies with rotations, fertility

Understanding temporal variability in crop yields has implications for sustainable crop production, particularly since greater fluxes in crop yields are projected with global climate change.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nations that sow food crops for biofuels may reap less than previously thought

Global yields of most biofuels crops, including corn, rapeseed and wheat, have been overestimated by 100 to 150 percent or more, suggesting many countries need to reset their expectations of agricultural biofuels to a more ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 14, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0