We've all heard the old sayings about corn. Here are a few facts - and myths - about corn. This summer has been a mixture of rainy, humid and hot days. Doesn't sound like much fun for humans but the ...

Farmers are turning to crop rotation, sharp scouting, and diversified tactics — along with Bt — to keep the pest from taking ...

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 ...

Many would agree that few scenes in Fairfield County speak summer as the seas of green presented by fields of growing corn. In fact, nearly 60,000 acres of land in our county are dedicated in any ...

Upside Robotics builds autonomous solar-powered robots that can help farmers reduce their fertilizer use by 70%.

Corn sweat is a very real phenomenon, and the Midwest has to deal with the excess heat during the late-summer days because of it. Corn sweat is exactly what it sounds like: moisture given off by corn.

Kansas cotton fields are entering the critical squaring phase, so Kansas State University agronomist Logan Simon and entomologist Anthony Zukoff say timely scouting will be essential to protect yield ...

TOPEKA (KSNT) – Officials are monitoring the spread of a disease that is hurting corn production in Kansas. Tar spot appears as small, dark, raised spots on infected corn and can appear on the leaves, ...

Truck driver Isaac Yara holds up a piece of dryland field corn while waiting for his truck load to finish. This corn is smaller than sweet corn. Western Kansas has inserted itself into the corn belt, ...

‘A Disaster Waiting to Happen’: How the Fracking Boom Put an Oil Field in the Guadalupe River Floodplain A Troubled Hog Farm in Wayne County, North Carolina, Is Hit With a New String of Violations A ...