Smut, a gray, moldy growth on corn ears, is present in Indiana cornfields every year, but rarely at the level of 2012.

Mycotoxin in corn can reduce yields and grain quality, threatening grain marketability and your bottom line. Learn how to ...

Key Points Corn that smells rancid or looks slimy, mushy or moldy is corn on the cob that’s gone bad. Best eaten the day of purchase. Unhusked should be firm and look fresh, including silk tassels.

It is popularly believed that eating corn – loaded with aflatoxin mold – a known carcinogen can cause cancer. However, NHS surgeon Dr. Karan Ranjan busts the myth saying the amount you can consume ...

Normal high- moisture corn fermentation results in the production of lactic acid. At feedout, some yeast species can assimilate (eat) lactic acid and cause high-moisture corn to heat and mold.

COLUMBIA, Mo. — University of Missouri Extension specialists are urging growers to scout for corn leafhopper. It was first ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- State researchers are confident that genetically modified corn is not the cause of health problems in hogs on a western Iowa farm.

A producer called me last week to ask if moldy corn should be used as earlage. The answer is, “It depends.” There are several types of mold in fields, depending on the year, weather conditions ...