An aerial view of a corn field on the edge of Lincoln, Neb., is a view into the future. Researchers have done what seemed impossible a decade ago: completing the sequencing of the entire corn genome.

and flattened field after field of corn and soybeans. Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has estimated that 10 million acres were damaged or destroyed by the derecho. That's roughly 43% of Iowa's 23.4 million ...

New York, families can go apple picking, enjoy a wagon ride, stock up on fresh apple pie and cider doughnuts, watch pig and duck races, and of course, wander the corn maze.