ELLENDALE, North Dakota — Jason Strand stands in his corn field, knee deep in pumpkins and turnips and a variety of other species not usually found in the middle of a corn field. He peels back a husk ...
How low can a farmer go? Plant 30,000 seeds per acre, or a lean 20,000, or even a bare-bones 5,000, and still maintain profit levels? Across three years of ongoing field trials, Thomas Hairston is ...