Sentence examples for increases in corn from inspiring English sources

Monsanto cited increases in corn seed revenue in the United States, as well as higher sales of Roundup and similar herbicides in North America, Europe and Africa.

But lately, with large increases in corn yields becoming the norm rather than an aberration, corn prices have dropped to their lowest level since the late 1990's.

Results indicate that increases in corn production in response to US biofuel policies and high grain prices have been achieved mainly by altering crop rotation patterns.

Average increases in corn grain yields over all manure rates due to subsoil tillage of compacted soil were 2002 kg ha−1 in 2000 and 3504 kg ha−1 in 2001.

In the past week the world price of corn has increased more than 30%, according to Maximo Torero, a director of markets, trade and institutions at the International Food Policy Research Institute.Price increases in corn and soyabeans are not thought likely to trigger a food crisis, as they did in 2007-08, as global rice and wheat supplies remain plentiful.

Without sufficient technologies in place to make corn ethanol, increases in corn ethanol will drive up food prices, adding to inflationary pressures.

Studies have also shown that increases in corn-based ethanol production, required by the renewable fuel mandates, damage ecosystems, wildlife habitat and fisheries.

Their populations are also known to increase in corn years 2-4 when corn rootworm larvae are feeding on corn roots.

For each 10% increase in corn smut-infested plants, TDN values should be decreased approximately 0.5%.

The increase in corn sowing area mainly came from the conversion of other crops to corn, which accounted for 43.09% of its total sowing area in 2012.

Keith Collins, the former Agriculture Department chief economist, will release a study on Monday saying that as much as half of the sharp increase in corn prices over the last few years is due to the demands of ethanol production.