Ear count, not just population, makes corn yield. The first step ... “Dig good and bad plants in multiple areas of the field, and compare them,” Ferrie says. “Sound roots will show no ...

So MLB’s Field of Dreams game is fantastic this year not just in evoking the imagery of ghostly players, but also in presenting regional cornfields at an unrealistic standard. “That corn is ...

Floods and heavy rains last month washed away about 2 percent of the nation's corn crop, a serious blow to national agriculture but not as bad as some had feared. The loss, most of it on the ...