Volunteer corn is the surprise guest of the growing season, sprouting where it’s unwanted, lowering yields and throwing a ...

Dry conditions in September and so far in October have led to deepening drought in the state, even in areas of eastern Nebraska that earlier battled heavy rains and flooding.

There’s another bad weed creeping into Southeast Nebraska -- sericea lespedeza -- a weed whose seeds will survive for 20 years, a weed that, when mature, cattle won't touch.