In summer, corn sweat raises humidity, but it could be worse

We appear to be done bombing Iran, and to be back to helping Ukraine repeal invaders from Russia. Plus, it looks like the trade war we started is going to raise our cost of buying coffee from Brazil and beer from Mexico.

Great, huh?

So maybe it's time to talk about something really important – corn sweat.

We're entering the peak of corn sweat season, when the thick, green fields of corn that blanket eastern and central Nebraska start to emit their highest levels of moisture. It's called "evapotranspiration," according to Eric Hunt, an agriculture meteorologist with the University of Nebraska E...