‘Short corn’ could replace the towering cornfields steamrolled by changing climate

Is this through hybridising or GM? Naturally hybridised shorter sweetcorn has been grown by gardeners for decades. Modern suburban estates are often wind tunnels, so it has become an essential feature. And unlike farmers, gardeners can stake their plants.

Having some tall green cover around fields (or your garden), as well as offering a benefit to wildlife, offers a wind break. But that may not be much use when your field size is 'prairie'.

The smaller stalks could also lead to less water use at a time of growing drought concerns.

As the disturbances in the precipitation regime continue to execerbate, there will be no corn, neither long nor short.

Shorter stalks use less water but when you plant more crops to increase yields then your water use is going to rise because your growing more ears of corn.