For decades, crop scientists improved corn yields by making plants taller. Reaching 10 feet or more by harvest time, these plants produced bigger ears with more grain.

The short corn offers farmers a variety that can withstand windstorms that could become more frequent due to climate change. The plants also let farmers plant at greater density, so they can grow ...

Short plants also could be susceptible to a problem called lodging, when the corn tilts over after something like a heavy rain and then grows along the ground, Kelley said.

WYOMING, Iowa (AP) — Taking a late-summer country drive in the Midwest means venturing into the corn zone, snaking between 12-foot-tall green, ...

The short corn developed by Bayer Crop Science is being tested on about 30,000 acres (12,141 hectares) ... Short plants also could be susceptible to a problem called lodging, ...

They classify short corn as having a height of 90 inches or less. Some of the company’s hybrids now top out at just five feet tall. These shorter plants can handle being seeded much closer ...

Corn likes a well-draining soil and can grow in zone 3 through 11 in the United States once temperatures reach 60 degrees Fahrenheit. Therefore, companion plants tend to share similar conditions ...

Local farmers in Central New York are anticipating their corn crop to be ready for your cookout by mid-July, as a result of a ...

Short plants also could be susceptible to a problem called lodging, when the corn tilts over after something like a heavy rain and then grows along the ground, Kelley said.

WYOMING, Iowa (AP) — Taking a late-summer country drive in the Midwest means venturing into the corn zone, snaking between 12-foot-tall green, leafy walls that seem to block out nearly ...

Short plants also could be susceptible to a problem called lodging, when the corn tilts over after something like a heavy rain and then grows along the ground, Kelley said.