The process is known as evapotranspiration, which is how plants, including corn, release water vapor into the atmosphere.

Corn sweat is exactly what it sounds like: moisture given off by corn. With large swaths of corn fields in the Midwest and even into Michigan, the amount of moisture in the air increases on hotter ...

It is “corn sweat” season. The biggest U.S. crop does influence our weather here in Michigan and across the Midwest. All plants drink up moisture from the soil and then breathe some of it out in a ...

A phenomenon called "corn sweat" could exacerbate the impacts of the extreme heat blanketing a large portion of the U.S., ...

In addition, Michigan sees 2 million acres of soybeans planted each year on more than 10,000 soybean-producing farms — and all those soybeans sweat along with the corn. As the heat builds ...

A heat wave will hit Michigan later in the week and the state's corn fields will amplify the extreme temperatures.

Corn sweat. Yes, the term for how the crop can drive up the humidity through a process called evapotranspiration is a thing.

The process coined the term “sweat” because it’s similar to how we, as humans, perspire in the heat. One acre of corn can release about 4,000 gallons of moisture into the air.

Corn sweat is a very real phenomenon, and the Midwest has to deal with the excess heat during the late-summer days because of it. Corn sweat is exactly what it sounds like: moisture given off by corn.

Blame it on the corn. Sweltering temperatures in Mid-Michigan have been soaring, partly because of a new phenomenon that’s been circulating recently, sometimes called “corn sweat.” ...

Just try not to think too much about corn sweat the next time you butter up a cob. Contact Frank Witsil: 313-222-5022 or fwitsil@freepress.com.