The USDA projects the national corn yield for the 2026/27 season at 180.7 bushels an acre, down from the 183 bushels an acre projected in July’s report, and a much larger cut than expected by analysts ...

Corn futures are posting midday gains of 12 to 13 cents across most contracts following USDA’s Crop Production and WASDE reports. Spillover support from wheat and increasing Black Sea strikes is ...

Corn futures closed the Wednesday session with contracts down 18 to 20 ½ cents in through next July, with deferreds up 4 to 11 ½ cents. Spillover gains from wheat and increasing Black Sea strikes was ...

USDA's August report cut corn yields by 2.3 bushels per acre while strong export demand tightened ending stocks, avoiding the bearish surprise traders feared from last year.

U.S. farmers will harvest their second-largest corn crop on record this autumn as lower yields caused by adverse summer weather were more than offset by larger plantings, the U.S. Department of ...

A University of Illinois study warns that declining genetic diversity in a key corn breeding group could make it harder to ...

Leaving corn residue in your no-till cornfields can improve moisture retention and weed suppression when you rotate to ...

After pollination is complete, estimate ears per acre by counting harvestable ears in 1/1,000th of an acre. For 30-inch rows, measure a row length of 17 feet, 5 inches and count the number of ...

US corn futures surged by the most since June after the US Department of Agriculture forecast a larger-than-expected reduction in the domestic yield.