Mr.Czudek says the loss of a maize crop can mean the loss of a family's food supply for a year.

VOA: special.2010.07.27

But five major groups in the food industry say they are concerned that the new maize could enter the food supply.

VOA: special.2011.03.08

Farmers may keep the remains of maize or other crops on top of the soil.

VOA: special.2009.06.30

The Department of Agriculture has approved the genetically modified maize without restrictions.

VOA: special.2011.03.08

Nearly half of the farmland in the United States is planted with crops that have been genetically engineered, mainly maize,soybeans and cotton.

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

I'm a farm wife." Henning and her husband grow maize and soybeans on their 120 hectare farm.

VOA: standard.2010.05.06

Maize takes a lot of nutrients out of the soil. One of the virtues of the soybean plant is that it replaces those nutrients.

VOA: standard.2010.02.01

Corn,which is also called maize, is the other pillar of American agriculture.

VOA: standard.2010.02.01

Borlaug remained involved with the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center in Mexico, even after his research took him to other parts of the globe, where he replicated the success he had had in Mexico, building his reputation as father of the "green revolution" in the 1960's.

VOA: standard.2009.09.13