The view of the corn crop from the road this year looks good. Fields have lush green corn plants and even stands, which is why farmers had high hopes for bin-busting yields. But as farmers wade into ...

CRW larvae target developing corn nodal roots, pruning them as they grow. In severe cases, they can destroy entire nodes, reports Aaron Gassmann, Iowa State University entomologist and professor.

Weather and timing affect corn pollination success and kernel set, affecting final yield potential. A Purdue Extension ...

Corn rootworm is rearing its tiny head in abundance in a growing number of corn fields in the Corn Belt, according to experts in the field. University of Minnesota Extension corn entomologist Fei Yang ...

Let's talk corn. It's big business in America. In fact, when it comes to production, corn is the biggest crop in the United States, outpacing soybeans by 10 billion bushels annually, according to ...

In recent years, there have been tremendous improvements in the development of super sweet corn varieties that can germinate well in cold soil. You enter the corn field and start walking down a row.

MOLINE, Ill. — Farmers have been busy these last few weeks tidying up the last of the spring planting season and already we're starting to see crops poke out the top of the ground, including corn ...

WYOMING, Iowa (AP) — Taking a late-summer country drive in the Midwest means venturing into the corn zone, snaking between 12-foot-tall green, leafy walls that seem to block out nearly everything ...