{"id":1772,"date":"2024-08-25T07:00:54","date_gmt":"2024-08-25T11:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/?p=1772"},"modified":"2024-08-25T18:24:54","modified_gmt":"2024-08-25T22:24:54","slug":"get-ready-for-short-corn-a-more-sustainable-crop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/get-ready-for-short-corn-a-more-sustainable-crop\/","title":{"rendered":"Get Ready for Short Corn, a More Sustainable Crop?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Corn stalks can grow to become twice as tall as a person, which makes them vulnerable to wind and difficult for farmers to tend.\u00a0 But short corn stalks can stand up to windstorms, boost yields and benefit the environment.\u00a0 Recognizing this, leading seed companies have engineered seeds that result in short stalks, and they are just beginning to market them.\u00a0 It\u2019s a win-win for everyone.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>High hopes for short corn<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/content\/article\/shrinking-corn-help-farmers-environment\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.science.org\/content\/article\/shrinking-corn-help-farmers-environment<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><em><strong>Related Reading<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>      <script\n      src=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/widgets.js\"\n      data-type=\"book\" \n      data-affiliate-id=\"102171\" \n      data-sku=\"9789358681918\"><\/script>      <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Corn stalks can grow to become twice as tall as a person, which makes them vulnerable to wind and difficult for farmers to tend.\u00a0 But short corn stalks can stand up to windstorms, boost yields and benefit the environment.\u00a0 Recognizing this, leading seed companies have engineered seeds that result in short stalks, and they are&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/get-ready-for-short-corn-a-more-sustainable-crop\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Get Ready for Short Corn, a More Sustainable Crop?&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,44,53,60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","category-food","category-global","category-science-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1772"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1772\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1775,"href":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1772\/revisions\/1775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}