CLEVELAND — Boy let me tell ya, it is so hot out there right now, Ohio …. HOW HOT IS IT? It’s so hot that even our corn is sweating. And apparently that’s a normal thing but I’m somehow just hearing ...

Among the top-ranked dishes were Maine’s blueberry pie with vanilla ice cream, Mississippi’s barbecue ribs with comeback sauce, and Alabama’s peach cobbler. Each dish was praised for capturing the ...

July and August is a common time of the year for extreme heat and humidity. One of the contributing factors is the mature corn crop releasing moisture into the atmosphere. One acre of mature corn can ...

The brisket at Lager Heads has achieved something close to mythical status among Ohio’s barbecue enthusiasts, and for good reason. Each slice bears the hallmark of proper smoking – that distinctive ...

If you’ve ever stepped outside during an Ohio Valley summer and wondered why it feels more like the Gulf Coast than the ...

Minnesota and Iowa are known for their sultry summer days, with enough heat and humidity to go around. But why does it get so ...

The process -- known by the scientific term "evapotranspiration" -- is the natural process by which plants move water from ...

Mid-July to mid-August is when crops in the Midwest release the most water because of the combination of their maturity and ...

A phenomenon called "corn sweat" could exacerbate the impacts of the extreme heat blanketing a large portion of the U.S., ...

An acre of corn can release 3,000 to 4,000 gallons of water into the atmosphere a day, increasing humidity levels.

The millions of acres of corn grown in states like Ohio, Illinois and Iowa perspire just like any other plant. A single acre ...