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 ...

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 ...

Not all corn is created equal. The yummy corn-on-the-cob that graces our summer barbecues, isn’t the same as that mysterious corn that stays in fields and dries up well after summer is over. There are ...

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

In the film, Kevin Costner plays a struggling Iowa farmer who plows over his corn to build a baseball field for the ghosts of Joe Jackson and other members of the banished 1919 Chicago White Sox ...

A corn field last year shows signs of stress from lack of rain as drought conditions continue in eastern Nebraska, western Iowa and southeastern South Dakota. (Jerry Mennenga/Zuma Press ...

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 ...

So, that begs the question, can these fields actually increase the moisture in the air for the surrounding area? Let's dig in! Is it more humid when you have a 40-acre corn field by your backyard ...