Climate projections in the Midwest include warmer, wetter springs and drier summers with hotter nights. For farmers, these changes can increase the risks of pests and plant diseases, disrupt ...

For decades, many Americans living in the Midwest assumed the worst heat would always be someone else's problem. That assumption is now being systematically dismantled. Researchers using ...

Under the warm light of a hanging lamp, Marty Landorf carefully crumbled the dried flower head of a black-eyed Susan between her fingers, teasing apart the chaff to uncover its puny black seeds. Each ...