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Now is the perfect time to give your sweet corn some care. This care will pay off at your dinner table and in your freezer. The old saying goes your corn should be “knee high by the Fourth of July.” ...

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The phenomenon has for years been blamed by some for sweltering summer conditions in Iowa, yet recent research shows that ...

While the majority of Midwestern farmers rotate corn and soybeans, commodity prices and corn yield advantages compel some to plant corn year after ...

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With warm soil and just-warming air temperatures, June is the perfect time to get these annuals, herbs, and vegetables into the ground.