Sweet Corn
Warm Weather Helps Corn Harvest in Minnesota
Five percent of Minnesota's sweet corn harvest is in after a warm week of weather in Minnesota. Forbes.com more »
Consumers Looking Closer to Home for Fresh Produce
The cucumbers, squash, sweet corn and eggplants are ripe and ready at places like Calabrese Farms in Feeding Hills. The Republican more »
Farmer Plows Ahead in Changing Landscape
Robert T. Lange stands out in Willistown Township, whether as a farmer whose 6-foot-6 frame almost rises above his corn crop, a plain-talking politician or, on this Friday morning, a philosophizing florist. WayneSuburban.com more »
An Especially Sweet Corn Crop This Year, Albeit Higher Priced
You'll pay more for Michigan sweet corn this summer - thanks to higher fuel costs. But you'll love what you get. freep.com more »
How to Keep Common Pests out of the Sweet Corn
The corn earworm is a widespread pest, which is also known as tomato fruitworm on tomato and cotton bollworm in cotton and tobacco. Rome News-Tribune more »
Sweet Corn Season Underway, Input Costs Increase
The signs "home grown sweet corn sold here" seem to be going up everywhere. WTAP.com more »
Fertilizer, Gas Prices Push Corn Costs Up
New Jersey's signature sweet corn is now in season. But don't be surprised if it costs about a dollar more this year for a dozen delicious ears. nj.com more »
Fuel Costs Take Toll on Farmers’ Bottom Lines
Ghiggeri Stonebarger Farms used to spend $100 to $200 to grow an acre of the Brentwood sweet corn sold throughout Bay Area supermarkets and prized by chefs at some of the Bay Area's top-rated eateries.... more »