Winter means absolutely nothing for southern rust. It overwinters in the tropics, moving back into the Corn Belt during ...

Eating a blend of non-toxic corn and genetically modified toxic corn can result in corn earworm pests (Helicoverpa zea) developing longer, more narrow and more tapered wings – shaped like the wings of ...

Aaron Gassmann is an entomologist at Iowa State University. He explains that genetically modified corn in Iowa is losing its pest resistance. This is the first instance that the western corn root worm ...

As winters continue to trend milder due to climate change, will the threat of overwintering insects, weeds and diseases increase? If this is a question you’ve been asking, you’ve come to the right ...

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) - July starts the sweet corn harvest. In Olathe, over 20 million ears of corn are produced every sweet corn season, and about 400,000 ears a day. On July 22, KKCO went to ...

Corn is a glorious summer homegrown vegetable that tastes perfect when eaten within an hour of being picked from the plot. Freshly harvested corn surpasses any you get in the store, and that is why it ...

An upcoming conference in Hammond will teach Region wildlife enthusiasts how to set up traps and, hopefully, catch absolutely nothing. Staff and volunteers with the Cooperative Agriculture Pest Survey ...

Aug 28 (Reuters) - Researchers in the key corn-growing state of Illinois are finding significant damage from rootworms in farm fields planted in a rotation with a genetically modified corn, a ...

SAO PAULO, July 28 (Reuters) - Genetically modified corn seeds are no longer protecting Brazilian farmers from voracious tropical bugs, increasing costs as producers turn to pesticides, a farm group ...