One of Colorado's most beloved crop is in trouble again. Worms are infesting a type of sweet corn that's grown in a small pocket on the state's western slope. Farmers are trying new methods to fight ...

Wireworms may not be one of the leading corn pests, but where they are present, they can cause significant stand losses. Wireworms are the larvae of click beetles and live in soils across North ...

As the battle against herbicide-resistant weeds grows more complex and the economic pressures on corn production mount, it’s important to leverage advanced and integrated approaches to weed management ...

Researchers are hoping corn earworms skipped health class in high school so they can curb their growth with a new idea after the insects became more resistant to the common insecticides farmers have ...

Sweet corn farms in Olathe are facing a slew of bitter problems as a rise in crop pests has drastically impacted this year’s harvest. An infestation of helicoverpa zea — better known to the public as ...

In the baking sun, under big, cotton-ball clouds, farmer John Harold shucked an ear of the corn that made him — and the small town of Olathe, Colorado — famous. “You can see by the marks here that the ...