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Sweetcorn variety lifetime

Sweetcorn aficionados may have their favorite variety, and won’t eat anything less. But how long do those varieties stay available? And what is the typical lifetime of a given variety of sweetcorn. You will be surprised when you listen to the explanation of Dr. Marty Williams, an Agriculture Research Service scientist, who is USDA’s main go-to person for sweetcorn research. He’s located at the Urbana campus of the University of Illinois and has a secret location for his sweetcorn research plots.

Edamame: A Future of the U.S. Soybean

There are more than 77 million acres of soybeans in the United States. Very few of these beans will be consumed directly out of the pod by us. However, there is a push to grow more varieties suitable for vegetable crop production.

Sweet corn research with Stu Ellis