Sweet corn destined for the freezer or the canned food aisle has been steadily decreasing over the last three decades, according to a new study published in HortScience. Researchers from the ...

Forms of sweet corn are in trouble according to a new University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign analysis, which shows that production for frozen and canned products has been steadily shrinking in the ...

AMES, Iowa -- It’s hard to beat fresh sweet corn in the summer. Or is it? Two Iowa State University faculty are part of a major federal research project aimed at boosting sweet corn quality, using the ...

A new analysis has identified the top factors accounting for yield variability in processing sweet corn (used for canned and frozen products), including one within the control of processors. A new ...

If you’re trying to eat healthy, you might be better off reaching for a can of corn instead of a fresh ear. Cooking sweet corn increases its disease-fighting antioxidant activity, despite decreasing ...

University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences URBANA, Ill. - Corn hybrids with improved tolerance to crowding stress, grown at higher plant populations than their ...

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) - July starts the sweet corn harvest. In Olathe, over 20 million ears of corn are produced every sweet corn season, and about 400,000 ears a day. On July 22, KKCO went to ...

Idaho contrasts with its neighbors when it comes to sweet corn. Seed is the state’s sweet corn niche. Some 66% of the world’s supply of sweet corn starts with seeds developed in Canyon County, Idaho, ...

A delicious, delicate morning light had just started to illuminate a cornfield as vans pulled up alongside it. Dozens of seasonal workers got out in sun hats and baseball caps, cell phones and water ...