The Midwest has been inundated with rain, heat, oppressive humidity and "corn sweat". In fact, meteorologist Ryan Maue says the heat index hit 115°F Sunday night in Iowa — and 20°F to 25°F of that was ...

Carter said the flood waters have set some of them back more than a month. Some farmers have planted corn on higher ground, but they mainly farm the lower ground, according to Carter.

The combination of corn sweat, the exhalation of water vapor through leaves, and a heat dome is bringing dangerously hot ...

The beginning of the 2025 growing season has been challenging for many growers in the eastern Corn Belt. Learning from these ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) _ Severe weather and flooding in the country's top two corn-growing states are stoking fears that an already lackluster crop could be further diminished.

According to the USDA's most recent acreage report, Kansas farmers planted 6.2 million acres of corn this year. Now, harvest time is fast approaching, and it looks to be a ...

Partly as a result of flooding, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has predicted the corn harvest will drop at least 10 percent this year, likely to cause prices to surge beyond the 73-percent ...

After a flood wiped out their entire crop last year, the Anderson Truck Farm is set to reopen Friday with fresh sweet corn.

After a summer packed with steady rainfall, farmers in Southeast Kansas are feeling cautiously optimistic about this year’s ...