VIOLA, Ill. — Despite an overall increase in corn yields this year, farmers across the Midwest are facing a serious problem: a fungal disease called tar spot, fueled by a summer of wet, humid weather.

Even with strong corn yields this year, farmers across the Midwest are facing a serious problem: a fungal disease fueled by a summer of wet, humid weather. Bears President Announces Official Plans to ...

Tar spot is tearing through Midwest cornfields, causing quick maturity and a massive reduction in yields in some corn hybrids. The corn disease shows up as small, raised black spots scattered across ...

As Ken Ferrie evaluates disease challenges he sees in cornfields right now, tar spot comes to the top of his list of concerns. “We’ve got a lot of areas that are picking up these 3-, 4-, 5-inch rains, ...

Southern rust on a corn leaf. Editor’s note: The following was written by Alison Robertson, professor of plant pathology and microbiology and Extension field crops pathologist, and Rebecca Vittetoe, ...

I wait all year to stalk the aisles of the farmers market to hunt for ripe, peak-season fruits and vegetables. As a chef, there’s nothing better than cooking with seasonal, freshly picked produce ...

The final full moon of the northern hemisphere, called a corn moon, will rise on Sept. 7. While September's full moon is usually the harvest moon, it is a corn moon this year since the former is the ...

They were careful with the explicit imagery — as usual. But did it make any difference? Traditional news organizations were cautious in their midafternoon coverage of Charlie Kirk’s assassination ...

Fall is here and it's time to talk about our famous fall foliage in New England. We could all hope to go out as spectacularly as trees do each autumn. Groves of red, orange, and yellow will soon be ...

WASHINGTON — Natasha Howard scored 17 points and the Indiana Fever beat the Washington Mystics 94-65 on Sunday to clinch a spot in the 2025 WNBA playoffs. The Fever (23-20) advance to the postseason ...