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Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette Cargill operates a corn syrup plant along Otis Road SE near downtown Cedar Rapids.   Buy Photo ...

Forget the dog days of summer — it’s corn sweat season. Through the end of July, the National Weather Service has warned that a large stretch of the country — from Louisiana to Minnesota and eastward ...

Increased temps felt all across the Corn Belt, an area touching southern Minnesota, could be because of a crop.