American farmers are good at producing two crops: corn and soybeans. Too good, actually. Farmers are expected to harvest one of the largest crops in history in the coming weeks, according to the U.S.

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 ...

Sweet and field corn is planted at the Thomas Gearhart Farm along Turkey Valley Road in Frankstown Township. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski What a difference a year makes. Last year, the region’s ...

Line it up, Iowans, it is sweet corn season. Many local producers harvested their sweet corn for the Fourth of July. The Des Moines Register spoke with local sweet corn farmers and Iowa State ...