The Midwest, known as the nation's "breadbasket," is feeling the pressure as President Trump's new tariffs on Mexico, Canada ...

Crops have been hard hit by torrential rains and flooding across the US Midwest corn belt. To exacerbate the problem, demand for corn for both food and fuel has been increasing worldwide.

As it so happens, these two summertime likelihoods are inextricably connected, particularly in the Midwest. There, millions of acres of farmland is dedicated to the nation's sizable corn industry.

The two-week Drought Monitor change map shows patchy areas with improvement, mainly in the southern and eastern Corn Belt.” The latest look at drought across the Midwest shows improvements along ...