Guess what? Those endless fields of corn, soybeans, or alfalfa are not the thriftiest way to farm. Not in dollar terms. Not in environmental terms. So why are continuous and no-till farming still ...

To get a head start on establishing winter covers, interseeding has started to become a popular practice by producers in the northern region of the Corn Belt.

Roughly 40% of America's corn crop goes to support ethanol production. From the late 2000s through 2012 corn prices -- stimulated by the federal ethanol mandates -- soared , surpassing $7.50 a ...

Corn and soybeans make up, incredibly, nearly 40 percent of what’s currently grown in 13 farm country states (Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri ...

The government subsidizes industrial monoculture rather than sustainability. ... The payments are based on how much corn you grow, and that is so wrong.” The Washington Post/Getty Images.

Corn ethanol just met the threshold in the EPA's 2010 regulatory impact analysis, with emissions estimated to be 20-21% lower compared with gasoline. But ethanol's environmental profile hasn't ...

Corn fields just outside Várzeas do Rio Ivinhema State Park in Mato Grosso do Sul state, Brazil. A prolonged drought has dealt a blow to the region, with many environmentalists blaming the ...