Assistant Professor Pavel Somavat and his team are analyzing dozens of varieties of corn, comparing the nutritional properties of blue, red and purple maize to traditional yellow dent corn.

Blue corn (Zea mays azul) is a Mexican type of corn known for its distinctive dark blue or purple corn kernels. It has several sub-varieties (like Hopi Maize and Rio Grande Blue) and is ...

Recent cold, wet weather across the Midwest have prompted many farmers to ask about purple corn seedlings again this spring. Cold temperatures and rainy spring weather can be hard on corn stands ...