In two thousand one, genetically modified corn made by Syngenta was found in the food supply chain without approval.

VOA: special.2011.03.08

Monsanto expects to be ready in a few years to market its first corn seeds genetically engineered to resist drought.

VOA: special.2009.03.23

Food supplies dropped. There was little to eat except corn bread and the meat of mules.

VOA: special.2009.11.19

Corn harvests remain small. The researchers say farming methods in Sub-Saharan Africa need to improve or else poor quality soil will increase rural poverty.

VOA: special.2009.07.28

Native American tribes once grew vegetables like beans and corn throughout the Chesapeake coastal plain.

VOA: special.2009.10.06

Bt is used as a pesticide to fight cotton bollworms, corn borers and other pests.

VOA: special.2009.10.27

Corn,or maize,is mostly fed to animals or made into ethanol fuel and high-fructose corn syrup.

VOA: special.2010.12.07

For example, companies like Monsanto, DuPont and Syngenta are developing corn with reduced water needs.

VOA: special.2009.01.20

Yet one American newspaper says he described himself simply as a "corn-fed,country-bred Iowa boy."

VOA: special.2009.11.10

He was 16. John went to Judge Tone, the richest man in town, to collect a dollar for some corn the Judge Tone bought from John's father.

VOA: special.2010.06.26

There were potatoes,fresh corn, apple pies,hot bread,sweet pickles, bread and butter and honey.

VOA: special.2009.12.12

Snack foods made with corn are a six-billion-dollar industry in the United States.

VOA: special.2011.03.08

Chemical weed killers or natural treatments like corn gluten can suppress weed growth.

VOA: special.2010.08.10

John worked hard that summer planting corn and potatoes for his family.

VOA: special.2010.06.26