Popcorn heads west.

From: Agricultural Research | Date: January 1, 1993| Author: Hardin, Ben | Copyright information

A 1988 conversation between entomologists Richard L. Wilson, of the Agricultural Research Service, and Gary L. Reed, of the Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station, has resulted in Oregon tests of earthworm-resistant popcorn varieties. Breeders are attempting to develop earthworm-resistant popcorn cultivars suitable for commercial growing in Oregon, Washington and Idaho.

Popcorn farming, now done mainly in the Midwest, may increase to major proportions in the Pacific Northwest. In p...

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