“A small fraction of the field corn we grow goes to actual food products such as cornflakes or sweeteners or such,” explains Casner. “It’s actually less than 10% that goes towards those ...

But what makes sweet corn taste so, well, sweet compared to its sturdy cousin, field corn? The answer comes down to one ...

sweet corn makes up less than 1% of the total crop. The rest is starchy and dry field corn, which is mostly used to feed cows. Indigenous peoples originally cultivated corn's wild ancestor ...

Here are five ways your corn fields will likely be pulled in the next five years. Big yields, record whole-farm averages and a never-ending drive toward more bushels might be a thing of the past.

Five major soil insects can be found in corn fields: seed corn maggot, white grubs, wireworms, cutworms and rootworms. Corn rootworm populations have increased in continuous corn production areas of ...