Even as planting dates shift, corn growth and development remain primarily driven by temperature, so tracking growing degree ...

Last week’s warmer and drier weather created an open window for more farmers to start on planting. According to USDA’s weekly Crop Progress report released Monday afternoon, 12 states have already ...

Sweet corn harvested fresh from the home garden and cooked soon afterward is one of life’s great treats. If you have never had that experience, now is the time to plant sweet corn in the garden. Sweet ...

Is there any vegetable that screams Ohio summer more than sweet corn eaten on the cob? Some gardeners might argue that the tomato is the more popular vegetable grown in Ohio, and it is the state fruit ...

Now is the time to start planting corn. Unlike fruit trees, however, where an orchard with more than one variety of apple, avocado, or apricot tree will result in larger harvests than if only one ...

Q. Can I grow corn in my backyard garden, or is it more trouble than it’s worth? Growing corn in a home garden can be an adventure, to say the least. I can give you some standard advice on growing ...

Farmers in Southern Minnesota like Chris Schnek finished planting in record time and as a result planted more corn this year.

Hurricane Florence was targeting Campbell Coxe’s farm. Days earlier, the 2018 storm had rapidly intensified in the Atlantic, and now Darlington County, South Carolina, was in the path. Coxe had to ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - Two weeks ago, Iowa farmers who grow corn for feed or fuel said they were seeing the impact of the drought. Gary Knight of Knight’s Farm said that his sweet corn is mostly ...

Some home gardeners are growing corn mazes for children in their backyards, and neighbors say the tall plants feel “too close ...