Its hardy cousin, field corn, is all about practicality. Designed for sturdiness and long-term use, its kernels are dense ...

The rest is starchy and dry field corn, which is mostly used to feed cows. Indigenous peoples originally cultivated corn's wild ancestor, teosinte, over 9,000 years ago in what is now Mexico.

In most fields, corn residue remaining after grain harvest is incorporated into the soil with tillage or is left on the soil surface. But corn residue is also becoming a commodity. It’s being… ...

Many would agree that few scenes in Fairfield County speak summer as the seas of green presented by fields of growing corn. In fact, nearly 60,000 acres of land in our county are dedicated in any ...

The Isbell’s are a 6th generation farm family that has been providing 15 acres of free sweet corn to the public for nearly 20 years. Neal Isbell runs the farm with his son Shane and his grandson Tyler ...

Hopi corn fields look vastly different from the tight rows typically seen across North America. Courtesy of Michael Kotutwa Johnson. In the era of climate change, the practice of dry farming is met ...