A soil sample typically consists of 5 to 10 cores of soil to tillage depth from a 5- to 20-acre field. A single corn plant, on the other hand, extracts nutrients from several cubic feet of soil.

Standing guard for an entire crop season, a red Ohio State University (OSU) flag flew patiently over a plant named Terra Byte. Beyond gathering the most data on a single corn plant across an ...

CHICAGO, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Farmers in the U.S. plan to plant more corn and fewer soybeans this spring than they did last year, hoping to eke out a profit and shield themselves from U.S. President ...

Leading up to the event, market analysts and traders were focused on corn acres. USDA’s first acreage estimate showed farmers could plant more corn acres this year, but fewer soybean and cotton ...

CHICAGO — Farmers in the U.S. plan to plant more corn and fewer soybeans this spring than they did last year, hoping to eke out a profit and shield themselves from U.S. President Donald Trump’s ...