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With corn stalks facing greater risks of being toppled by extreme winds, Bayer AG is working to make the plants shorter. So-called short-stature corn will grow around five feet (1.5 meters ...

Newly published in Bioresource Technology, their experimental process used ammonium sulfite-based alkali salts to convert corn stover—leftover corn stalks, husks, and other residues—into low ...

The smaller stalks could also lead to less water use at a time of growing drought concerns. U.S. farmers grow corn on about 90 million acres (36 million hectares) each year, usually making it the ...