FARGO - Anyone harvesting, drying or handling moldy corn should use respiratory protection, according to Ken Hellevang, agricultural engineer with the North Dakota State University Extension Service.

Corn farmers are seeing high incidences of a specific mold in their fields this year after a season-long drought hindered the crop’s pollination. Smut, a gray, moldy growth on corn ears, is present in ...

FARGO - Cooler, wetter conditions across much of the Midwest have delayed corn maturity and grain harvesting. Some states are reporting the extensive development of corn ear mold, frequently seen ...

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 report to be released Monday will indicate ...

WAVERLY - Iowa's corn crop may be the biggest ever but not necessarily one of the best. Reports of mold and low test weights may tarnish what's supposed to be a record-setting average yield of 188 ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Farmers and an environmental group worry that a biotech corn suspected of containing toxic mold could contaminate the food supply, prompting them to ask Agriculture Secretary Ann ...