The rains are here and farmers are busy. Maize farmers should understand the growth and development of the plant to do proper crop husbandry to maximise yields. Although farmers have no control of ...

During this season of unrelenting rains, the traditional method of maize drying by spreading the grains on a polythene sheet to dry under the sun is not sustainable. [Kevin Tunoi, Standard] As days go ...

Nearly three months to the day Michigan last took the field for a game, Jim Harbaugh’s team is ready to do it again. Publicly, that is. The Wolverines will host their annual spring football game on ...

Farmers need to imbibe good agronomic practices to improve maize productivity and help tackle any supply gap in a staple food as important as maize. Experts, who spoke at the Third Nigeria Maize ...

Consider the corn maze. Among the bounty of “fall girlie” activities we enjoy this time of year—apple picking, pumpkin spicing, m-fing decorative gourd worship—the winding labyrinth of drying corn ...

The depiction of a young Maya maize god is consistent with other portrayals of beheaded Maya deities. National Institute of Anthropology and History While excavating a section of the ancient Maya city ...

With total production of 11 million metric tonnes (MMT), Nigeria is arguably, Africa’s second largest producer of maize after South Africa. Ethiopia occupied the third-place position. The three ...

Maize freshman Kinslea Jones and her grandfather, Grier Jones Sr., a legendary golf figure in Wichita, have played many rounds together of the years. Jones is one of the top golfers in Kansas already ...

Archaeologist Logan Kistler explains how he studies the roots of plant domestication Abigail Eisenstadt Modern gourds like pumpkins typically taste sweet, while their wild relatives are incredibly ...