Here are four serving suggestions: Cilantro-lime butter: In food processor, mix 1/2 cup lightly packed fresh cilantro leaves, 1/2 teaspoon lime zest, 1/2 teaspoon salt, hot sauce to taste and 1 stick soft butter. To season before cooking, brush corn with a paste of your favorite spices and soft butter. Here are two suggestions: Cajun spice: 3 tablespoons soft butter, 1/2 teaspoon celery salt and 1/4 teaspoon each garlic powder, salt and cayenne. Italian oil: Whisk 3 tablespoons olive oil,...

Adapted from the Marvel Comics series, the movie has Cage's Blaze, who sold his soul as a teenager to the devil (Peter Fonda), rekindling romance with a lost love (Eva Mendes) and taking on Satan's prodigal son (Wes Bentley), who aims to create hell on Earth. Adapted from the Marvel Comics series, the movie has Cage's Blaze, who sold his soul as a teenager to the devil (Peter Fonda), rekindling romance with a lost love (Eva Mendes) and taking on Satan's prodigal son (Wes Bentley), who aims...

consumers are paying 8 percent to 10 percent more for breakfast foods than a year ago because of rising prices for corn, wheat, milk and other commodities, a Department of Agriculture economist said. Increased use of corn for ethanol and falling supplies of orange juice and milk are partly responsible for the jump in breakfast-food prices, Leibtag said. General Mills inc., the maker of Cheerios, said June 5 it would raise prices as much as 4 percent this month to counter higher grain and...

Kansas farmers will help the nation harvest a wheat crop that s predicted to be 24 percent bigger than last year s drought-plagued crop, the agricultural service said. He said he has seen some farmers and gardeners with good sweet corn in their fields. The same goes for field corn, which is what s growing in most large fields of corn, he said. Heavy rains that caused area flooding in May have continued into June, threatening to play havoc with the area wheat harvest. I have some kids out...

Grain company Bunge Limited has set up a Web site that uses individual farmers knowledge to forecast how the country s crops will perform. Northeast Indiana farmers know exactly how corn is faring in their fields, but they have less precise information about the nation s crop. Some area farmers and agriculture experts are using the Farmetrics site to gain insight into price and market trends. Farmetrics users can make weekly guesses about how much grain was planted in their county, how...

Ganesan Srinivasan, director of the university farm, said there should be plenty of both white and yellow corn available through the summer and well into fall. Due to increased demand for sweet corn, we planted additional acreages this year, Srinivasan said. In spite of higher input and labor costs, we will keep our prices at last year s levels to serve our loyal customers, said Jennifer Sobieralski, Farm Market manager. Move over olive oil and wines, Fresno State s popular sweet corn has...