From its base in North Loup, Nebraska, the Zangger family supplies a surprising amount of the world’s hybrid popcorn seed. It ...

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

The town of North Loup, population 323, 55 miles northwest of Grand Island, may seem an unlikely headquarters for an ...

Nebraskans blame humidity on center pivot irrigation, but that's only half correct. Sweating corn puts lots of moisture into ...

Every summer in the Midwest, residents brace themselves for not only sweltering temperatures but something a bit more mysterious – a stifling heat that seemingly sticks to the skin.

Late July of 1874 brought billions of gray grasshoppers to Nebraska. The grasshoppers devoured fields of wheat, corn, ...

"We’re entering the peak of corn sweat season, when the thick, green fields of corn ... start to emit their highest levels of moisture." ...