As a teenager in a small Iowa town in the 1980s, I would join dozens of kids around this time of summer on crews at a Cargill research plot where we helped scientists control pollination of corn ...

Deep in the pocket of southeast Arkansas, generosity is infectious. At Miles Farms, bitter has blossomed sweet. Linked from father to son to brother to grandson, a chain of thanksgiving has grown ...

U.S. corn production is no small potatoes. In 2023 alone, corn farming contributed an estimated $151 billion to the U.S. economy, including $62 billion to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP).¹ The ...

Corn and soybeans may not often appear directly on your dinner plate, but they’re behind much of what does. From feeding the livestock that produce our eggs, meat and dairy to fueling global trade and ...

During a Strategic Farming webinar hosted by the University of Minnesota Extension on March 25, Jeff Coulter, University of Minnesota Extension corn agronomist, offered numerous considerations for the ...

Some family farms in Missouri have added corn mazes to their fields during the fall to supplement their income. There’s more to corn mazes than getting lost among corn that’s 10 feet tall. They can be ...

Lauren Asprooth and Ashley Adair presented a DCB update and facilitated a panel discussion called “Extended Crop Rotations with the Diverse Corn Belt Project” at the annual Marbleseed Organic Farming ...