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Corn split off from its closest relative teosinte, a wild Mexican grass, about 10,000 years ago thanks to the breeding efforts of early Mexican farmers. Today it's hard to tell that the two plants were ever close kin: Corn plants stand tall, on a single sturdy stalk, and produce a handful of large, kernel-filled ears. By contrast, teosinte is branchy and bushy, with scores of thumb-sized "ears," each containing only a dozen or so hard-shelled kernels. In seeking to better understand how...
Carol Fenster, author of 10 cookbooks, offers whole grain cooking tips at the 10th Annual Harvest Fest of the Holy Cross Abbey Winery in Canon City, Colorado on September 24-25, 2011. Denver, CO (PRWEB) September 21, 2011 Carol Fenster is the featured cookbook author at the 10th annual Harvest Festival at the Holy Cross Abbey Winery in Canon City, CO, the largest winery on Colorado’s Front Range. On September 24-25, the festival, in its 10th year, celebrates wines made from local...
Program Supports Education of Future Corn Plant Breeders Des Moines, IA (PRWEB) September 19, 2011 DuPont, through its Pioneer Hi-Bred business, has awarded a grant to Iowa State University to establish a corn breeding program through support of a new faculty position and a graduate research position. This position will be a leading authority on the application of modern technologies to plant breeding. Support for corn research and education of tomorrow’s plant breeders enables...
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau: (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110428/DC91889LOGO) MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19: RICE Profile America -- Monday, September 19th. To mark its importance, both as a crop and as part of the changing U.S. diet, this is National Rice Month. Globally, rice is the world's most important cereal grain. Reflecting both our increasing cultural diversity and...
THOMASVILLE, Ga., Sept. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- SportsQuest, Inc., (Pink Sheets: SPQS) announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, Maize Pluss, had a successful meeting with the New York City School District Teachers Union and will launch a test market for the Zabo Gourmet Vegetable Chips in several New York City schools. "Our distributor was greeted with an overwhelming response to the taste and nutritional value of our Zabo Gourmet Vegetable Chips. We have asked for a follow-up...
New study by Rice and Cornell researchers shows sustained interest in daily deals among consumers Despite recent news reports questioning the long-term viability of daily deal companies, a new study from researchers at Rice University and Cornell University shows that the companies are more popular than ever among consumers. "The key finding is that there is no evidence of waning interest among consumers of daily deal promotions," said Rice University's Utpal Dholakia, co-author of...
THOMASVILLE, Ga., Aug. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- SportsQuest, Inc., (Pink Sheets: SPQS) announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Maize Pluss, Inc. (Maize Pluss), an Eastern Regional facility of processed corn and grain products. Maize Pluss is a wholesale supplier of vegetable chips, fruit chips, mixed nuts, Pops Liquid Sunshine BBQ Sauce and cracked corn to distributors, restaurants and ethnic grocery stores. They are focused on providing the best quality product with...
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa, Aug. 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Professional Farmers of America, a division of Farm Journal Media, today reported its production estimates for the 2011 corn and soybean crops. In a highly varied and difficult crop production year, the Tour saw record attendance at its evening producer meetings--and garnered national and regional media attention, including a substantial article in the Wall Street Journal. Crop Tour field scouts gathered more than 2,300 corn and soybean...
BEIJING, Aug. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Deyu Agriculture Corp. (OTCBB: DEYU) ("Deyu" or the "Company"), a Beijing, China based vertically integrated producer and distributor of organic and non-organic corn and grain products, today announced its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2011. Second Quarter 2011 Financial Highlights: Revenue increased 182%, from $18.5 million in Q2 2010 to $52.0 million in Q2 2011Corn division sales rose 117%, from $16.0 million...
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The Barbel Palm (Acanthophoenix rubra) is a critically endangered species of palm native to Mauritius, Rodrigues, and La Reunion. It is also known as the Red Barbel Palm or Yellow Barbel Palm, Red Palm, Mascarene Islands Cabbage Palm and a variety of other names (French). It was first described as Areca rubra by French naturalist Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent in 1804. It was put into its own genus by German botanist Hermann Wendland in 1867. The Barbel Palm can reach a height of...
The Asian Palmyra Palm, Borassus flabellifer, is a plant in the Borassus genus. Other names for the tree are the toddy palm, sugar palm, and Cambodian palm. It is a vigorous tree, living 100 years or more. It is held aloft at 98 feet high on a large, sturdy trunk that resembles a coconut, and is ringed with leaf scars. The leaves create a canopy of several dozen fronds spreading across 10 feet. Growth of these trees is slow in the beginning, but speeds up as it begins to mature. It is...
The African Fan Palm, Borassus aethiopium is an African palm of the Borassus genus. It has a numerous list of English terms for the plant including African palmyra palm, deleb palm, ron palm, toddy palm, black rhun palm, ronier palm (French term), and others. Its African names are even more numerous. The tree offers many practical uses such as edible fruit, fiber from leaves, and termite-proof wood for construction. At least two varieties of this species exist, bagamojensis and...
The four species of wild rice comprise the genus Zizania, a group of grasses that grow in shallow water in small lakes and slow-flowing streams. Often, only the flowering head rises above the water. Three of the four species are native to North America: Northern wild rice (Zizania palustris) is an annual plant native to the Great Lakes region of North America. Wild rice (Z. aquatica), also an annual, grows in the Saint Lawrence River and on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United...
