How to grill corn: A guide to buying and cooking corn on a grill - TODAY

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The dog days of summer are here, and with them comes warm weather, sprinkler jumping and an abundance of produce at your local farmers market. Seeing corn stacked high on a table at every stand signals the height of summer. It’s inexpensive, sweet and simple to prepare. Eat it right off the cob or shave off the kernels and toss 'em into a salad or pasta.

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How to buy fresh corn on the cob

When buying corn, it’s not always possible to peel back a corner of the husk to make sure the kernels are plump and fresh. In fact, at some places, it’s frowned upon. So, when buying corn, keep these tips in mind:

• Feel the corn through the husk and make sure it feels firm; it should not feel soft or mushy. The kernels should be intact — make sure there aren't empty places where the kernels should be.
• The husk should be green and tight. Dried-out or brown husks means the corn is old. Also, keep an eye out for little brown holes, especially near the top, as this is a sign of worms or insects.
• Look at the tassels sticking out from the top of the corn. They should be light brown or gold and a little sticky.

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When buying corn, make sure the husk is green and tight. The cob should be free of mushy spots. Carrie Parente

How to grill corn

Summer cooking should be relatively fuss-free — and grilling corn on the cob is no exception. It’s a simple procedure that adds some nice smokiness to the sweet corn. Preheat your grill to medium high and follow one of the methods below. There is no need to season or soak the corn before grilling. There is enough moisture in the corn to keep the grill from flaring up, but keep an eye on it regardless.

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How to grill corn on the cob without husks

Cooking corn directly on the grill — sans husk — gives it a lovely charred flavor and color. To do it, shuck the corn, removing both the husk and the silk, then place the cobs directly on the grill and cook for 10 minutes, rotating every 3 to 4 minutes.

How to grill corn on the cob in foil

Corn wrapped in foil will get a little color but won’t have as much charred flavor as it would cooked directly on the grill. The plus side is that you can infuse it with flavor using butter or oil and spices and herbs that won't burn off. Shuck the corn, removing both the husk and the silk. Wrap each cob in foil, then place foil-wrapped cobs on the grill and cook for 15 minutes, rotating every 3 to 4 minutes.

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How to grill corn on the cob in husks

With the husk on, not only does the corn get that classic cookout charred flavor, but it also gets a slightly smoky flavor from the husk. The kernels will get some color, too. Using a knife, cut off the tassel and tail of the corn. (This step isn’t necessary, but it will make removing the cooked corn from the husk a little easier.) Remove any dry outer leaves from the husk. You don't need to remove the silks from inside the husk. Place corn on the grill and cook for 15 minutes, rotating every 3 to 4 minutes.

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What to make with grilled corn

Now that you've mastered the art of grilling corn, you can use your cooked cobs in all sorts of summery recipes. Here are some of our favorites to get you started.

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Where Did All the Corn Go? - DTN The Progressive Farmer

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The whole switching equation was made even more complicated by the drier spring in 2020, with indications of rapid planting progress and most of the flooded-out acreage from 2019 coming back into production. You knew you were going to get more acres overall from the prevented planting reduction. As the graphic with this article shows, there are more corn acres and more bean acres than last year, and the acreage "leaving" corn intentions this spring didn't go to soybeans, at least according to the June 30 report. USDA shows 83.825 ma of soybeans, up only 315,000 from March intentions.

If the intended corn ground didn't go to soybeans, where did it go? Apparently nowhere.

If you add up all the primary crops in Tuesday's report, you get 312.244 ma. Since 2016, that demographic has been running 318-320 ma per year. It varies slightly depending on the percent of double-crop soybeans intended (they get counted twice) and on the number of acres tied up in either CRP or prevented planting. Last year, primary crops dropped to only 303.7 ma because of all the prevented planting. With PP and CRP added, the planted acreage base has been very consistent over the past three years.

Here's the issue: To get that 2020 bottom line in the right neighborhood (344 ma), we had to slug in 10 million prevented planting acres. While only half of last year, it is almost four times normal. Are those almost 5 million corn acres truly gone to prevented planting, just in hiding or not really there in March? We would argue that, while there were some weather issues in the Upper Midwest, including the Dakotas this spring, that won't get you to 10 ma of prevented planting. USDA does show that principal crops acreage in North Dakota was down 5.1% from last year and Texas is down 0.2%. Other candidates in the Delta, etc. were up from a year ago despite the usual flooding photos.

Did you hear about the 2.239 ma yet to be planted in corn and 12.1 ma for beans? Those were included in the header of the acreage report. USDA basically was letting everyone know how much of the presumed planted acreage was not, in fact, actually planted when the survey was closed on June 16. They have shown this info as a percentage in previous years, but not in such an obvious manner. The logic is that, if the weather turned bad, maybe some of it never got planted (signaling a future downward revision). On the other hand, that was as of June 16, and most of those fields were likely planted between June 16 and the report release date on June 30. It is common for some silage corn to be planted too late to make full maturity, but it is never intended to be harvested for grain anyway.

How do these unplanted figures compare to previous years? The 2020 corn figure was 2.43% of the reported acres. In the 2019 flood year, 16.7% of the considered planted acres had not actually been put in the ground yet. In the record-yield year of 2018, 1.6% remained to be planted.

The takeaway? Land is too expensive to sit idle, and it's doubtful there were enough wet areas to legitimately have 10 ma of prevented planting. However, we won't see prevented planting data from the National Farm Service Agency (FSA) until August, and it won't be complete for several months after that. It's likely the final soybean acres will creep higher than shown on Tuesday, and corn may even end up a little bigger. We're not rooting for either, as neither market needs the extra bushels.

Alan Brugler may be reached at alan.brugler@bruglermarketing.com

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Iowa sweet corn is here! - KCCI Des Moines

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THERE ARE OTHER THINGS -- IOWA SWEET CORN WILL BE HERE BEFORE THE 4TH OF JULY. IT’S AN IOWA SUMMERTIME FAVORITE. GRIMES SWEET CORN ANNOUNCED ON ITS FACEBOOK PAGE IT’LL OPEN STANDS STARTING TOMORROW. DEARDORFF SAYS THE SAME THING BUT THEIR CORN WON’T SHOW UP AT GROCERY STORES UNTIL MONDAY. YOU CAN FIND STANDS ALL ACROSS THE METRO TOMORROW. A NEW WAUKEE LOCATION IS NEAR HY-VEE ON HICKMAN AND ALICE’S

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Iowa sweet corn will be here before the Fourth of July. It's an Iowa summertime favorite. Grimes Sweet Corn announced on its Facebook page it'll open stands starting Thursday. Deardorff said the same thing, but their corn won't show up at grocery stores until Monday. You can find stands all across the metro starting Thursday. A new Waukee location will be located near Hy-Vee on Hickman and Alice's Road.We found fresh sweet corn already for sale in Boone County Wednesday.

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Iowa sweet corn will be here before the Fourth of July.

It's an Iowa summertime favorite. Grimes Sweet Corn announced on its Facebook page it'll open stands starting Thursday.

Deardorff said the same thing, but their corn won't show up at grocery stores until Monday.
You can find stands all across the metro starting Thursday. A new Waukee location will be located near Hy-Vee on Hickman and Alice's Road.

We found fresh sweet corn already for sale in Boone County Wednesday.

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Sustainability, conservation play role in grape vineyards - The Packer

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Allied Grape Growers' Emilio Miranda Retires After 44-Year Career in Wine Industry - wineindustryadvisor.com

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FRESNO, June 30, 2020 – Emilio Miranda, viticulturist and grower relations representative for Allied Grape Growers (AGG), retired today after four decades in the wine industry.

Miranda started with AGG in 2004 after working for Constellation Brands from 1997 to 2004 and Paul Masson Vineyards from 1977 to 1997. For AGG members, he provided support, kept them informed about effective viticultural practices and handled harvest scheduling in the Central Valley. 

Throughout his career, Miranda served on numerous industry boards and committees, including the California Winegrape Inspection Advisory Board, California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance, California Association of Winegrape Growers, Central California Winegrowers (now San Joaquin Valley Winegrowers Association), American Vineyard Foundation, National Grape & Wine Initiative (now National Grape Research Alliance) and Fresno State Vineyard Evaluation Team. He attended Fresno State from 1973 to 1978 majoring in plant science.

“I have experienced and appreciated the wine industry from numerous job positions, including vineyard supervisor, cellar supervisor, harvest manager, viticulturist and fieldman. Above all, my most cherished time of year was harvest and bringing in the crop,” Miranda said. “Allied’s strength is helping to keep grape growers economically sustainable, and I was proud to be a part of a successful and hard-working team for the past 16 years.”

AGG President Jeff Bitter said, “Emilio’s wealth of knowledge accumulated over 44 years in this ever-changing business has been invaluable to AGG. He brought great and diverse perspective to AGG that will be greatly missed, as all of his prior experience was on the winery side of the business. As our viticulturist, he served our growers well. More importantly, he was a friend to all of us.”

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Wine grape growers brace for COVID-19 hit, call for federal aid - Capital Press

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DUNDEE, Ore. — Wine grape growers are joining the list of agricultural groups calling on USDA for financial relief.

Recent industry research from Gomberg, Fredrikson and Associates, a wine data analytics organization, projected that by the end of 2020, U.S. wine grape growers will lose at least $5.94 billion.

"Most of our wholesale business evaporated, and we're the lucky ones because we were already mostly direct-to-consumer. I'm hearing stress in the voices of a lot of growers who don't have all their fruit sold for the year," said Donna Morris, a grower and owner of Winderlea Vineyard and Winery in Dundee, Ore.

According to data released in June, California growers are expected to lose $437 million in sales this year.

In May, Oregon growers lost, on average, 73% of sales in tasting rooms and 45% in wholesale, according to the Oregon Wine Board.

Sara Higgins, advocacy and education manager for the Washington Winegrowers Association, said her organization has contracted a firm do an economic impact report for Washington state, which should be ready in August. Anecdotally, she said small wineries especially are experiencing COVID-19 fallout.

Despite these challenges, wine grape growers were left out of the USDA's $16 billion federal farm aid package, the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program, called CFAP for short.

Experts say the reason wine grape growers weren't included is their commodity has not yet seen a price decline for 2020. Wine grapes will be harvested and crushed this fall, and that is when growers will feel the hit — when they struggle to find a home for their fruit.

Because of the drop-off in wine sales this spring and summer, wine researchers predict that certain wines will not sell in their expected timeframe, slowing grape sales.

The plummet in winery visits and wine sales at restaurants, Higgins explained, will have a "domino effect" on growers come harvest.

"The hit to Washington wine grape growers is yet to come," said Higgins. "So, we need relief for when it does, for when wine grapes are not contracted and sold."

Growers say the virus has exacerbated already-existing problems for the industry, including an oversupply of grapes from the past few years.

"Grape prices were bad before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, but now we are confronted by the prospect of a financial disaster for growers," said John Aguirre, president of the California Association of Winegrape Growers.

Mike Testa, chairman of the same association, said in a statement he has never seen so much uncertainty in the marketplace, with growers struggling to find buyers, tearing out vineyard acres and bracing for "extraordinary challenges."

Although some wineries have qualified for the Paycheck Protection Program, Economic Injury Disaster and USDA Disaster loan programs, growers say it's not enough.

Wine grape grower associations are petitioning for grapes to be included in the next round of federal aid. Association leaders in Oregon, Washington and California told the Capital Press they are in ongoing conversations with USDA.

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IFG adds new table grape varieties to portfolio - Fresh Fruit Portal

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International Fruit Genetics has announced it is adding six new table grape varieties of unique shapes and flavors it says will "further disrupt the produce industry".

Unlike typical grape-naming systems that simply reflect seasons or color, the company created a "new and energizing naming architecture" that depicts the essence of these new IFG-bred varieties.

“Consumers will be attracted by such unique names and once they taste these new grapes, they will come back for more just as they have with our previous grape varietals. Consumers are searching for nutritious, high-quality grapes with excellent taste, and IFG’s breeding program is designed to deliver what consumers want,” said CEO Andy Higgins.

“IFG is pleased to announce the following new varieties which are currently being trialed in various parts of the world with IFG-licensed growers. Expect to find more of these invigorating new varieties as the seasons roll out in the various regions.”

The following six table grape varieties, including each one’s name and logo, have been trademarked:

• Gracenote - Large, elongated black; Autumn Royal type (PLU Code: 3497; Variety: IFG Thirty)
• Kokomo - Oval shape (PLU Code: 3500; Variety: IFG Thirty-one)
• Julep - Big round berry; medium (PLU Code: 3500; Variety: IFG Thirty-six)
• Bebop - Red mild Labrusca flavor; good color; high yield potential; good size (PLU Code: 3499; Variety: IFG Thirty-seven)
• Quip - White lady finger type (PLU Code: 3501; Variety: IFG Thirty-two)
• Rugby - Crunchy; late season; light red to pink; very large oval shape (PLU Code: 3496; Variety: IFG Twenty-four) 

“Our new names are catchy, fun and memorable,” Higgins said. “They reflect our efforts to revolutionize the industry. We aim to inspire the consumer and give our growers, marketers, and retailers a platform to maximize the potential that each variety has to offer.”

The new logos are now available for use by licensed growers and marketers. IFG will be releasing several more varieties by the end of the year.

To see the logos and images of the varieties, click here.

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