Corn has its roots in Mexico about 9,000 years ago.

Research offers corn breeders a new tool to develop desirable dwarf varieties that could boost the crop’s resilience and profitability.

All modern maize descends from a hybrid created just over 5,000 years ago in central Mexico, researchers have discovered.

The bourbon industry has been booming in recent years, but what sets all the different types of bourbon apart?

Russia’s move, which it followed by bombing the key port city of Odesa and threatening to attack any ship sailing for Ukraine, sent global food prices skyrocketing.

If greenhouse gas emissions continue at a high rate, breadbaskets of Europe and North America will see a 50% chance of a flash drought each year by the end of this century.

Wheeled robots can accurately measure the angle of leaves on corn plants in the field, report researchers.

Studies show that most people who are overweight or obese are also chronically dehydrated.

A new study finds that by 2030, less than one-third of the world’s major crop harvests will go directly to feed people.