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Resistance to Bt corn by western corn rootworm is a growing concern for farmers, according to Iowa State University entomologist

AMES, Iowa – A researcher at Iowa State University is urging Iowa farmers to adopt a diverse range of pest management tactics to suppress the resistance of western corn rootworm to Bt corn, a widely ...
The Gazette

Fungal disease becoming more widespread in Iowa’s growing corn

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Southern rust appears on a corn plant’s leaf. The disease has popped up throughout Iowa through a ...
Los Angeles Daily News

What you need to know about planting corn in your garden

The window of time for planting corn is closing, but now is still a propitious moment to sow its seeds. There are a few rules for growing, harvesting, and post-harvest care of corn as follows: If you ...
Omaha.com

Photos: Climate change can make growing corn challenging

Aug 27, 2025 Aug 27, 2025 Updated Dec 18, 2025 0 Nicolle Ritchie, an extension agent with Michigan State University, inspects corn for pollination issues Aug. 18 in Nottawa, Mich. A corn plant shows ...
Star Tribune

Tolkkinen: Seven reasons Minnesota should grow less corn (I’m not talking about sweet corn)

Last spring, I wrote a column about how desolate farm country looked with all the fields plowed up and nothing allowed to grow but corn or soybeans. Now the fields are grown up with the corn plants ...