AMES, Iowa -- It’s hard to beat fresh sweet corn in the summer. Or is it? Two Iowa State University faculty are part of a major federal research project aimed at boosting sweet corn quality, using the ...

Sweet corn destined for the freezer or the canned food aisle has been steadily decreasing over the last three decades, according to a new study published in HortScience. Researchers from the ...

FCIC amends the Common Crop Insurance Regulations by revising 7 CFR 457.101 Small Grains Crop Insurance Provisions, 7 CFR 457.139 Fresh Market Tomato (Dollar Plan) Crop Insurance Provisions, 7 CFR 457 ...

Forms of sweet corn are in trouble according to a new University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign analysis, which shows that production for frozen and canned products has been steadily shrinking in the ...

If you’re trying to eat healthy, you might be better off reaching for a can of corn instead of a fresh ear. Cooking sweet corn increases its disease-fighting antioxidant activity, despite decreasing ...

A new analysis has identified the top factors accounting for yield variability in processing sweet corn (used for canned and frozen products), including one within the control of processors. A new ...

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 ...

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 ...

A delicious, delicate morning light had just started to illuminate a cornfield as vans pulled up alongside it. Dozens of seasonal workers got out in sun hats and baseball caps, cell phones and water ...

Nilofar Amjad Mujawar transformed from a factory worker to a successful sweet corn entrepreneur in Pune, earning the title 'Lakhpati Didi'. Her self-help group now processes tonnes of corn daily, ...