• Opt for smaller to medium-sized ears of corn for sweeter, more tender kernels. • Look for ears with green, moist husks and avoid those with brown or dried husks. • If you can, buy corn directly from ...

During summer road trips with the family, and sometimes just while driving to a more rural part of town to golf together, my Dad would drive us past row upon row upon row of corn. As a native Iowan, ...

If you’re wondering how to pick corn hybrids for the upcoming season—after the weather ups and downs of 2023—you aren’t alone. Ken Ferrie says he is fielding a lot of questions from Illinois farmers ...

Before farming became mechanized, picking corn by hand and pitching ears into a horse-drawn wagon was how harvesting was done. In the late 19th century, local contests were held to determine the best ...

Corn prices are down and the farm bill is stalled in Congress. So there's a lot of uncertainly in the air as harvest season gets into full swing across the Midwest. But this is a time of year when ...