Corn-shaped seed pellets to boost habitat for monarchs, bees
September 11, 2024
September 11, 2024
ITHACA, New York, Sept. 11 -- Cornell University issued the following news:
Crop fields are low in biodiversity, but farmers may soon be part of the solution thanks to a Cornell innovation that allows growers to use corn or other crop seed planting machines to plant strips of milkweed or wildflowers next to their fields.
Cornell researchers are currently working with industry partners to scale up a multiseed pellet technology that are the same shape and density as corn . . .
Crop fields are low in biodiversity, but farmers may soon be part of the solution thanks to a Cornell innovation that allows growers to use corn or other crop seed planting machines to plant strips of milkweed or wildflowers next to their fields.
Cornell researchers are currently working with industry partners to scale up a multiseed pellet technology that are the same shape and density as corn . . .