The United States, the world’s top corn supplier, is set to export a record volume of corn in the waning 2024-25 marketing year, slightly edging out 2020-21’s high.

Boone County Sheriff Scott Yunk said, around 3:20 p.m., deputies responded to a report of a plane crash in a corn field in Capron, Illinois, about 90 miles northwest of Chicago, near the Wisconsin ...

The only state covered by a larger percentage of corn was neighboring state Iowa with nearly 36.4%. Data also revealed that Illinois has around 11,200 corn fields per every 1,000 acres, which also ...

If you've driven around Illinois, there's a strong chance you've noticed corn fields along your commutes. New research reveals that corn fields cover more of Illinois than every U.S. state except one.

It’s Not a Record Planting Pace in Illinois, But Here’s Why One Farmer Likes Planting Corn in May According to USDA’s latest Crop Progress Report, 74% of the Illinois corn crop is planted ...

Ethanol plants quickly sprang up around corn fields, ... Today, roughly 30% of Illinois corn production and 40% of all U.S. corn production is used to make ethanol.

URBANA, Ill. (AP) — University of Illinois researchers say a new type of corn disease has been found in northern Illinois. The university said in a news release Friday that bacterial leaf streak ...

But like field corn, sweet corn prefers cooler environments with adequate rainfall, though it also grows well in heat. Breeders toss around terms like sugary-1 or shrunken-2 to define the phenotypes.

SPRINGFIELD — Illinois farmers this spring are planning to plant less corn and more soybeans. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Illinois Prospective Plantings report released ...