Ear count, not just population, makes corn yield. The first step to more ears per field is stand and ear counts. Determine the causes of gaps, late-emerging plants and missing ears so you know how ...

sweet corn makes up less than 1% of the total crop. The rest is starchy and dry field corn, which is mostly used to feed cows. Indigenous peoples originally cultivated corn's wild ancestor ...

The USDA projects South Dakota farmers will plant 6.2 million acres of corn and 5.1 million acres of soybeans.

Only a small portion of Nebraska’s corn ends up at the grocery store, and then often in an indirect way. So, if the ...

The NWS says a lot of the time, dewpoints near large corn fields are measured near 80 degrees, causing a more tropical-like feel despite being far away from any ocean. Hearst Television ...

A record-setting heat blast that swept across the Midwest this week has been made worse by the region's vast fields of cornstalks. Through a natural process commonly called "corn sweat," water ...