As you pass the fields, you see signs the farmers have posted telling in short code what sort of seed they have planted. The farmhouses are seldom at the roadside, but far within the fields. The solitude and silence are deep and wide. Then, when you...
" but she's also been nominated for a handful of Oscars for Best Actress, and she has spent a significant portion of her life going against the grain and championing anti-war and anti-establishment causes.
when you have gone ten or twenty miles through cornfields without having seen a living thing, nocow, no dog, scarcely even a bird under the hot sky, suddenly you come upon a noisy contraption at the roadside, a system of contraptions, rather, for husking the corn and stripping the grain....
seed in the U.S. as the industry grows. “The main thing to think about is if you’re going to get to 250,000 acres,” he said, “is where’s that seed going to come from?” Asia and Europe are the likely sources based on current trends. “And I don’t see that changing in...
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These results demonstrate the strong genetic control of grain composition in maize hybrids, which can be modulated by the positive effects of N on reproductive sink capacity and seed protein synthesis.doi:10.2135/cropsci2004.1593Uribelarrea, Martín...
The operation excels in corn and soybean production with the flexibility to diversify in wheat, seed production and organics. Central Illinois is recognized for its wide variety of soils with a large portion being some of the most fertile globally. The farm utilizes multiple onsite grain ...
The residents of Illinois and those from neighboring states begin to explore the coal reserves in the state. 2017 Official State Grain Corn, which accounts for 54% of the total state’s agricultural commodities, is named the official Illinois State grain. ...
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Ataraxia is the first center to make it to the finish line after running a gantlet of state requirements. For the company to find a home in Albion — where grain trucks rumble past the sleepy central square, cicadas drone in the trees shading a century-old courthouse and a breeze touches...