OREGON, Mo. – Farmers in northwest Missouri are plowing through the harvest season with many corn fields in Holt County already shucked. While many parts of the state have been dealing with ...

Corn leafhoppers are small insects that can damage corn crops. The bugs appeared farther north this year in Missouri and Oklahoma. A small insect carrying pathogens that can lead to corn stunt was ...

Indulge your appetite for sweet corn by shopping farmers markets, roadside stands and local grocers for freshly picked ears, then crunching your way around cob after cob after cob. (Bill Hogan/Chicago ...

Every farmer knows the feeling: The crop is ready, but the weather isn’t cooperating. Muddy fields, disease-weakened plants, threatening winds and broken equipment can turn a good harvest into a ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri will be a major player in what could be a record fall harvest for U.S. farmers. Jim Stuever, who farms in the Missouri town of Dexter, started later than he wanted to.

JEFFERSON CITY -- The state's farmers concluded their harvest of corn, soybeans and sorghum more than a month ahead of schedule, according to the Missouri Agricultural Statistics Service. "Row crop ...

The American farmer today is asked to pay $1 million for equipment to harvest crops selling at 19th century prices. Star file photo Growing crops is a repetition of planting, growing and harvest ...