Sweet corn

Area Crops Appear to Escape Widespread Cold Damage

The usual pitch-black darkness of western Palm Beach County's farming area was pierced with the lights of at least 30 helicopters today as they swooped over sweet corn and green bean fields on the east... more »

Specialty Growers Preparing for Insect Battle

The combination of a mild winter, the corn earworm's possible development of resistance to insecticide, and the spread of aphids in Illinois could present some different challenges to growers this season. Farm Week more »

Fresh Vegetable Harvested Acreage Up 2 Percent

The prospective area for harvest of 11 selected fresh-market vegetables during the winter quarter is forecast at 183,900 acres, according to USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. This is 2 percent above 2005 and 3 percent... more »