Scientists have found a new way to produce sugar from corn stalks and other crop waste, potentially opening a new pathway to sustainable biofuels. Scientists at Washington State University have ...

Scientists at Washington State University have found a new way to produce sugar from corn stalks and other crop waste, potentially opening a new pathway to sustainable biofuels. Newly published in ...

A former Corteva Agriscience research scientist and the CEO and founder of Salin 247, an ag tech startup focused on autonomous planting and spraying equipment for corn and soybeans, have joined ...

The corn stalks were cut off at ground level using a machete-like corn-cutting knife. Such knives were often made from the worn-out blades of scythes or other tools which were taken to the local ...

Before combines and mechanical pickers came on the scene, shock tiers were used to gather corn stalks for later use as fodder or bedding for animals. Fodder is food you feed your animals, which means ...

Travis Meteer, with the University of Illinois Extension, says producers can turn to corn stalks. “To graze what’s left of the corn, and mainly the husk, and maybe a little bit of leaf.” He says, “We ...

But soon, that towering corn might become a miniature of its former self, replaced by stalks only half as tall as the green giants that have dominated fields for so long. “As you drive across the ...

Researchers at CMU and Iowa State University created an agricultural robot platform that can autonomously insert nitrate sensors into corn stalks and monitor macronutrient levels in the crops. Corn is ...

Abstract: Corn diseases need to be a concern. The disorders can attack all parts of the corn, including leaves, stalk rots, and cob. In this article, the focus is on discussing conditions in stalk ...

Abstract: In this paper, we present an algorithm of corn stalk identification and localization under complex environment. Firstly, the image white balance image quality parameters were tuned by self ...