How corn is farmed and what drives its price All about feeder cattle as commodities Crude oil production and the countries with the biggest reserves How copper is mined and produced Written by Lawrence Pines Author Lawrence Pines is a Princeton University graduate with more than 25 years of ex...
Though maize is now mostly farmed on an industrial level, several kinds are well suited for growing in home gardens. If you’ve ever wondered how to grow sweet corn or how long does sweet corn take to grow, this article answers your questions. (pramotephotostock/123rf.com) tb1234 tb1234 ...
White sugar, corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, brown rice syrup, fructose, agave, yacon syrup, imitation syrups, heated honey, concentrated fruit juices, monk fruit that is not water-extracted, stevia extracts (liquid and powder), artificial sweeteners such as sucralose (Splenda) and asparta...
Time is up and we need to choose who we support and consider what they support. Will they do what they say and is that good or bad? Among the big issues at stake are the future of our food and farms. Farmer and former Missouri Farm Bureau President, Blake Hurst joins Farm to Table...
i am a young man of 34 years, and i have farmed for about 30 hectors of maize. And planing to go for more but my problem is the tractor and implement. Is there any help to get the tractor in credit basis. Isaac said on September 14, 2010 Hi, I am in Limpopo province South Afr...
a recent study found that men who ate just1.5servings or more of processed meat oroneor more servings of grilled red meat or well-done red meat a week increased their risk ofadvancedprostate cancer by50%.17Considering that some men eat high-temperature cooked meateveryday, is it any wonder...
“We have some of the best soil in the entire world,” says Barstow Manz. “It’s called Hadley silt loam.” She explains how the rich Connecticut River flood plain that’s wedged between the river and the Mount Holyoke mountain range behind her nourished tobacco, asparagus, broom corn and...
We know maize was probably first farmed by Native Americans in what is now Mexico. Early farmers there domesticated maize from a kind of grass called teosinte. The ancestor of maize was a grass called teosinte. (Image credit: vainillaychile via Getty Images) Before farming, people would ...
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What they missed, of course, that any rural kid knows is that you don’t feed livestock on what humans can eat. Instead, you feed the stuff humans can’t eat, the stuff left after processing corn, or wheat or whatever to… well, you feed just about anything to pigs. But you can ...