Corn is a crop that wants a lot of water and nutrients to grow strong and healthy and to provide a bumper harvest of juicy cobs. These popular and statuesque plants are simple to grow, yet you do need ...

Taking care of the corn as it grows means getting nutrients right at the right time. Today’s job is fertilizing the fields to ...

Corn growers seeking to increase the amount of nitrogen taken up by the crop can adjust many aspects of fertilizer application, but recent University of Illinois studies show the tweaks don’t do much ...

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 ...

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 ...