American farmers are good at producing two crops: corn and soybeans. Too good, actually. Farmers are expected to harvest one of the largest crops in history in the coming weeks, according to the U.S.

In his case, it was football. In this issue, it’s agriculture, particularly corn. Unlike football, corn’s history spans back 10,000 years, when Native Americans began improving an ancestor of corn, ...

Iowa and other farmers are selling corn as prices spiked following the U.S. Department of Agriculture slashing its 2024 harvest estimates. The price surge follows lows caused by oversupply, which hurt ...

Scientists and seed companies are working on shrinking corn. The subtle difference in height has led to some big changes in how shorter corn can be planted and managed in the Corn Belt. A couple years ...

Farmers in Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota in general planted in line with national trends for the U.S.'s three major crops: corn, soybeans and wheat. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's ...

CHICAGO, Feb 18 (Reuters) - U.S. farmers, though punished by slumping prices after last year's monster corn harvest, are ⁠expected ⁠to cut back only slightly on their plantings of the grain ⁠in 2026 ...