Sweet corn and popcorn are popular vegetable garden crops with a rich history of cultivation in North America. They are closely related to each other, to flint corn and flower corn, to the starchy ...

Patience is a virtue when it comes to planting corn. How so? The outcome of waiting until Mother Nature delivers warmer conditions – more heat units – are uniform stands and, ultimately, higher yields ...

You could also visit farmers. Clint Arnholt, Columbus, Ind., is a veteran no-tiller experienced at seeding cover crops into ...

Iowa is the nation’s top corn grower, with more than 13 million acres devoted to the vegetable, but some Iowans are planting their first small crops of -sweet- corn this spring. Aaron Steil, consumer ...

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 ...

As farmers cross the finish line with the 2025 planting season, many are now returning to fields for corn stand evaluations to see what kind of plant emergence and uniformity they have. “If replanting ...

Join us on an intriguing journey as we explore the unique challenges and surprises of growing corn in winter. Discover how cold temperatures affect growth, the techniques used to manage these ...

Michael Plumblee, Clemson Extension Corn and Soybean Specialist: Plant proper hybrids on time and make a realistic plan to ...

Iowa Corn fields like this one are mostly barren now, but earlier this fall, farmers across the state had their second best yields on record. But as weather patterns continue changing, is it possible ...

Corn, maíz in Spanish, is deeply rooted in the culture of Costa Rica and Latin America. Indigenous people were the first to begin cultivating small, grass-like varieties of corn at the dawn of their ...