Corn production has been a key factor in the Iowa economy for more than 150 years. The state’s 21st-century economy is characterized by increasing diversity. Agriculture, however, remains a powerhouse ...

You can find images of corn cobs on souvenir mugs and prominently featured during the Iowa State Fair, which even has an Iowa Corn Day as a part of its festivities. And you'd be very likely to ...

Oats growing near plots of corn at Iowa State University's Marsden Farm, where researchers have studied long-term rotations of crops since 2001.

In Illinois, the biggest soybean-producing state and second ... of his normal annual corn sales in the past four weeks. At a Green Plains ethanol plant in northern Iowa, trucks hauling farmers ...