In this video, multimedia specialist Zack Harold asks Dr. Lewis Jett, horticultural specialist for the WVU Extension Service, why the Grow This 2021 corn seeds are red.

The answer? It's a gentle fungicide that helps corn seeds germinate before the fungi in our soil makes them rot.

For more information about our Grow This program, visit www.facebook.com/growthiswv.

This material funded by Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP).

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