When the weather warms up, there may be no better food to enjoy than summer's quintessential sweet corn. This sweet variety ...

Sweet corn is a fast grower, developing tall stalks with bright green leaves. In the home garden, one corn plant usually produces one or two ears, and you can choose varieties with yellow ...

Stalk rots are one of the most significant set of diseases on corn. These diseases are insidious, and often growers are unaware of their effects until harvest. Low levels of stalk rot occur in nearly ...

Disease Identification Anthracnose can be found on all parts of corn throughout the growing season. However, the disease is most often observed as a 1) leaf blight or spot, 2) top dieback, or 3) stalk ...

Editor All of the sudden there’s a rush outside Jack Martin’s sweet corn stand along Lynn Avenue in downtown Savage. One woman is looking for the “big ears” ...

which produce a higher yield and impart a sweet flavor. Corn stalks are cut and dried out in the field for 15 to 20 days before ears are picked off, manually unhusked, completely de-kerneled with ...