Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Home gardeners with adequate garden space can grow sweet corn for their family this summer. Is there any vegetable that screams ...

Growing corn in your garden isn’t difficult with warm weather, lots of sun, and plenty of space. Sweet corn (Zea mays) is a fast grower, developing tall stalks with bright green leaves. One corn plant ...

A record-breaking harvest of corn or soybeans is built on the foundation of a good stand. That concept is the focus for the 2025 Farm Journal Corn and Soybean College. Farm Journal Field Agronomist ...

These days, it’s the most grown crop on the planet at 494 million acres a year, with nearly 20% of those in the U.S.  Farmers ...

Corn farming is an important economic contributor in the U.S., not only to growers and rural communities but across 506 industry sectors in all 50 states. That’s according to the new “Study of the ...

In addition to bookwork on the farm, many farmers are placing orders for seed corn for planting in the spring of 2026. That is challenging, and University of Illinois crop physiologist Dr. Fred below ...

No-till planting of sweet corn into a killed winter rye cover crop has the potential to provide soil health benefits such as reduced compaction, improved soil water holding capacity, reduced ...

About the author: Rev. Sharon Smith is pastor at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church. She grew up in the city but spent much of her childhood surrounded by vegetables. She remains deeply grateful for sweet ...