The 2025 corn crop is shaping up to be one of the best Glen Grimm and his family have grown in recent memory. “We’re looking at a tremendous crop,” says Grimm, who farms with three of his brothers in ...

PAW PAW, Mich. (AP) — Robb Rynd and his brother grew up farming and wanted to do more of it outside their day jobs, so they went in together on what’s now a little over 200 acres of corn, soybeans, ...

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (Reuters) - Hot temperatures will grip the U.S. Corn Belt this week, and up to five of the eight Crop Watch corn fields may be pollinating during this time, but expected showers in ...

High temperatures and insect damage to the silks are common causes of poor ear fill in sweet corn. Stress from high temperatures, overwatering, underwatering or poor plant nutrition can cause newly ...

Corn farmers are seeing high incidences of a specific mold in their fields this year after a season-long drought hindered the crop’s pollination. Smut, a gray, moldy growth on corn ears, is present in ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Weather conditions across the U.S. corn belt are expected to be ideal during the critical pollination period this month, but there is some uncertainty in August for the vital pod ...

When it gets really hot during the pollination phase, the plant sex in the cornfield is not so hot. Wahoo crop consultant Walker Luedtke knows what can happen when extreme heat gets in the way of the ...

Nicolle Ritchie, an extension agent with Michigan State University, inspects an ear of corn for pollination issues Aug. 18 in Paw Paw, Mich. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel) Buy Photo The Gazette offers ...