Reid Thompson, a fourth-generation farmer in central Illinois, is in the middle of planting season. Weather permitting, he tends to the fields in the morning, walks home for lunch with his wife and ...

Ethanol is an alcohol derived primarily from corn in the United States. Ethanol is blended with gasoline at a ratio averaging 10% ethanol and 90% petroleum-based gasoline. Ethanol production has ...

Austin Dillon, driver of the No. 3 Chevrolet ZL1 Bioethanol car in the Iowa Corn 350 Powered by Ethanol NASCAR Cup Series Race. (Photo: Iowa Corn) “Racers, start your corn ethanol powered engines!” ...

Corn based bioethanol refineries have been popping up all over the United States over the past couple of years. This in turn has led to a spike in corn prices as more corn is being diverted from food ...

Floodlight reports that corn's heavy reliance on fertilizers for growth is driving greenhouse gas emissions, raising ...

Corn ethanol, also known as grain alcohol, has been burned in gasoline engines and human stomachs since before Henry Ford was born. It’s hard on both, so until 35 years ago it never caught on much, at ...

After oil and weapons, the US has tried to scorn India over corn. US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick targeted India over its "unwillingness" to import American corn (maize). But why would India buy ...

The biggest U.S. drought in half a century is devastating farms across the Midwest. Crops are wilting. Food prices are on the rise. Under the circumstances, then, does it still make sense for the ...