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Tar spot, a fungal disease, first appeared in the U.S. in 2015 with reports in Indiana and Illinois. Since then, it has been spreading across the Midwest.

Drought is taking its toll on western Kansas cornfields this year. And all that dead corn could mean higher prices for products that depend on the state's grain supply, such as ethanol-infused gasoline and corn-fed beef.

For decades, corn detasseling was a customary summer job for teenagers in Nebraska and the rest of the Corn Belt. In recent years, however, agriculture companies are relying more on migrant labor to do this work through a visa program meant to supplement the local workforce.

To cope with the setback, farmers rely on crop insurance and hope for fall rains to boost next year’s harvest.

Farmers across much of the Corn Belt got a late start planting their corn this year. July could make or break this year’s crop. A poor harvest could fuel inflation and have a ripple effect for consumers.

Prices for crops like corn and wheat are up for now, but there’s a lot of uncertainty in the marketplace.

The Renewable Fuel Standard, which requires blending some renewable fuel into gasoline, may be contributing more to climate change than it’s helping.

Mexico is phasing out genetically modified corn for human consumption by 2024. But U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said he's been assured by his Mexican counterpart that the ban won't shut off the biggest international customer for U.S. corn.

China’s corn output this year is expected to be a record for the country, but that won’t have a noticeable effect on Midwestern farmers.

According to new quarterly crop data from the USDA , farmers planted about 92 million acres of corn this spring, a 5 million acre decrease over the...