This portion is sorted through by hand to separate out the pure seed from inert material such as rock, plant stems or leaves, weed seeds and other crop (such as wheat in squash seed or corn in ...

An Oklahoma man exploring his Cherokee roots discovered a forgotten variety of corn and revived it with help of heirloom seed savers. The revived Glass Gem corn now has 19,000 Facebook followers.

Corn seed sales in the two continents during 2011 totaled $10.5 billion – nearly two-thirds of the $16 billion total global sales figure.

Seed corn is utilized as a breeding ground to grow seed for the next year’s crop. In order to create the “ideal” seed, it is important that plants cross-pollinate, meaning that th… ...