FCIC amends the Common Crop Insurance Regulations by revising 7 CFR 457.101 Small Grains Crop Insurance Provisions, 7 CFR 457.139 Fresh Market Tomato (Dollar Plan) Crop Insurance Provisions, 7 CFR 457 ...

If you’re trying to eat healthy, you might be better off reaching for a can of corn instead of a fresh ear. Cooking sweet corn increases its disease-fighting antioxidant activity, despite decreasing ...

Corn hybrids with improved tolerance to crowding stress, grown at higher plant populations than their predecessors, have been a driver of rising field corn yields in recent decades. Large differences ...

Life without atrazine would complicate weed management in corn, especially for sweet corn growers. A study at the University of Illinois looked at 175 sweet corn fields in the Midwest to find out just ...

Many areas of the Midwest are reporting light test weight corn and milo due to the delayed harvest. Light test weight grain is higher in crude protein, fiber and mineral content compared with normal ...

Sweet corn comes in a range of kernel colors: yellow, white, and bicolor (yellow and white). Here's a short video about preparing sweet corn. Sweet corn is most often eaten cooked. Peel or “shuck” the ...

From Rocky Ford melons to Pueblo green chilis, Coloradans are passionate about their local produce. And in the next couple of ...

Line it up, Iowans, it is sweet corn season. Many local producers harvested their sweet corn for the Fourth of July. The Des Moines Register spoke with local sweet corn farmers and Iowa State ...

University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences URBANA, Ill. - Corn hybrids with improved tolerance to crowding stress, grown at higher plant populations than their ...