enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Intensive crop farming - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intensive_crop_farming

    Intensive crop farming is a modern industrialized form of crop farming.Intensive crop farming's methods include innovation in agricultural machinery, farming methods, genetic engineering technology, techniques for achieving economies of scale in production, the creation of new markets for consumption, patent protection of genetic information, and global trade.

  3. Corn production in the United States - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corn_production_in_the...

    The production of corn (Zea mays mays, also known as "maize") plays a major role in the economy of the United States. The US is the largest corn producer in the world, with 96,000,000 acres (39,000,000 ha) of land reserved for corn production. Corn growth is dominated by west/north central Iowa and east central Illinois. Approximately 13% of ...

  4. Combine harvester - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combine_harvester

    Corn combine harvester with grain cart (click for video) The modern combine harvester , also called a combine , is a machine designed to harvest a variety of cultivated seeds. Combine harvesters are one of the most economically important labour-saving inventions, significantly reducing the fraction of the population engaged in agriculture. [ 1 ]

  5. Glass Gem Corn - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass_gem_corn

    Harvest the corn when the husks are dry and brown. [7] Glass Gem is a fast maturing variety. Typically, it is ready to harvest in 110–120 days. [8] By using simple selection it is easy to breed this variety of corn for the colors and patterns wanted. Select kernels with the desired properties from as many ears as possible.

  6. Agriculture in California - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agriculture_in_California

    California has more certified organic farms than any other state. In 2016, more than a million acres in the state were certified organic. [188] CA grows 90% or more of the U.S. production of Organic almonds, artichokes, avocados, broccoli, cauliflower, celery, dates, figs, grapes, strawberries, lemons, lettuce, plums, and walnuts. [189]

  7. Ancient Amazon people lived in ‘garden cities’, ate corn and ...

    www.aol.com/ancient-amazon-people-lived-garden...

    Archaeologists have uncovered further evidence of a pre-colonial “garden city” in Bolivia where ancient Amazon people lived largely reliant on maize agriculture and raising muscovy ducks.

  8. Corn stover - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corn_stover

    Corn field in Liechtenstein. Corn stover consists of the leaves, stalks, and cobs of corn (maize) (Zea mays ssp. mays L.) plants left in a field after harvest. Such stover makes up about half of the yield of a corn crop [1] and is similar to straw from other cereal grasses; in Britain it is sometimes called corn straw. Corn stover is a very ...

  9. Field corn - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_corn

    Field corn is a North American term for maize (Zea mays) grown for livestock fodder (silage and meal), ethanol, cereal, and processed food products. The principal field corn varieties are dent corn , flint corn , flour corn (also known as soft corn) which includes blue corn ( Zea mays amylacea ), [ 1 ] and waxy corn .