Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Corn sweat is the nickname for evapotranspiration, which is a natural process, as The Smithsonian describes. During this process, ...

Like the start of a big NASCAR race or the beginning of a Championship game, farmers in portions of the Upper Midwest began full-scale field work during the week of April 13-19. Farm operators in many ...

CHAMPAIGN - Ed Mies would like to plant corn on his central Illinois farm by now, but instead he has time to talk about how wet his fields are. "We're not quite waxing tractors yet," he joked last ...

The Midwest is bracing for a brutal heat wave this week, and millions of acres of corn crops are about to make it feel even worse. As temperatures soar across the region, a natural process called ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — As a heat wave takes over a large portion of the country, many are bracing for muggy conditions, ...

Låkril’s proprietary catalyst and process technology converts low-cost lactic acid from renewable sugars like corn, sugar cane, sugar beets, etc. (Photo from Lakril Technologies) A Chicago company is ...

MICHIGAN — It's hot outside, but the humidity makes it feel even hotter. Did you know that corn plays a role in increasing the humidity? On hot summer days, corn cools itself off through a process ...

Year after year, the same 15 million acres across Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin are planted with corn. Each August, the fibrous green leaves in those fields reach eye level. And each ...

There's a quiet crisis unfolding across America's heartland, and it doesn't make front-page news every day. Farmers who've ...

One man was killed and four other people were injured late Saturday after a shooting during a gathering at a residence in Danville, according to police. Woman wanted in Florida attempted murder case ...

Indiana farmer Josh Boxell is in the middle of harvesting corn and soybeans. He says dry conditions mean his soybeans are maturing unevenly. Several states, including Missouri, Illinois and Indiana, ...