Root pruning from corn rootworm can cause significant yield loss, up to 15% yield loss for every node pruned back to 1.5" of ...

“My favorite part of harvest is seeing a yearlong effort come to fruition,” said Chris Gould, Maple Park, Ill., farmer. Now, ...

Extension experts share four proven strategies to improve corn yields that focus on efficient, timely use of inputs rather ...

‘Tis the time of year to be scouting for various diseases and pests and assessing how your corn crop is coming along. In addition to keeping a watchful eye for southern rust and tar spot, some farmers ...

There's more to corn mazes than getting lost among corn that's 10 feet tall. They can be serious business for farmers. A rite of passage in autumn, corn mazes support farms economically, boost ...

U.S. farmers this summer have received the best weather for growing crops in recent memory. But despite a record-sized crop coming, many in the Corn Belt barely expect to turn a profit this year. Corn ...

GROVE CITY, Ohio — Tim Sullivan started thinking in April about this year’s design for the cornfield at Circle S Farm, his family’s farm in Grove City. Around the same time, he started thinking about ...

Five-year-old Brent Marston and three-year-old Brynne Marston ran around corn stalks three times their size on their family’s farm. Alongside their parents and their baby sister, Blair, the children ...

FREDERICKSBURG, Iowa — Kyle Wendland stepped away from his engineering degree two decades ago to follow his father - not just into farming corn, but into a world of debt, grit, and stubborn faith he ...

GEORGE, IOWA — Wind storms in Iowa and South Dakota on July 28 damage to communities and farms. “I was grinding feed that evening, and just before dark got done with chores and went in the house and ...