FLORENCE — A cornfield can be an unfriendly host for insect pests, and scientists such as Clemson’s Francis Reay-Jones are striving to keep it that way. There are almost 275,000 acres of corn planted ...

Agriculture applications tests started with success. The biological fight against European Corn Worm is the case chosen for the first trial. This specific treatment involves the distribution of ...

Even with biotech crops, farmers still need to make use of age-old practices such as crop rotation to fight insect pests. That’s the lesson to be drawn from the latest discovery of resistance to the ...

One of industrial agriculture's biggest GMO crops may have just backfired. Scientists have confirmed that corn-destroying rootworms have evolved to be resistant to the Bt corn engineered to kill them.

Halloween, that one magical, mystical time of year when ghosts, goblins and lots and lots of sugar come out to play. Don’t get us wrong, we love Halloween and all the sweet treats that come with it, ...

HUGHESVILLE, Pa. (CBS)-- A high school student in northeastern Pennsylvania got more than he bargained for in his cafeteria lunch. The Hughesville High School student found a worm in his popcorn ...

Disgusted nurse Anthony Birmingham had munched his way through most of his meal before stomach-churning discovery A KFC diner was left with a bad taste in his mouth after finding a dead WORM poking ...

A repulsed mum claims to have discovered a worm buried inside her daughter's corn on the cob. Keeley Trundley had ordered from KFC as a birthday treat for her son, Jamie Pearsons, 18th birthday. But ...

Corn is one of summer’s simplest pleasures. That being said, it generates plenty of debate—how to pick it, how to clean it, how to cook it and how to eat it. I would wager to say that there aren’t ...