Three Amish men, sitting in a small office at the Gordonville Fire Company, hold separate conversations with three Plain Sect farmers. Sheets and sheets of white paper -- each covered with names and ...

FARGO - The increase in corn acreage in North Dakota has many producers exploring harvest options that reduce cost or spread the harvest window. For livestock producers, harvesting corn as ...

PEA GREEN — Dawn is breaking everywhere as the stillness of Sunday morning is interrupted by the sound of ears of corn being ripped from waist-high plants in the ground. An old Ford 350 motor slowly ...

Understand how combine components interact to do a better job. There are discrete steps to set a combine to minimize grain loss and damage when harvesting corn, including: 1. Set concave-to-rotor ...

A look at harvesting corn using decades-old farm equipment, highlighting how well-kept machines can still handle the job and offer a cost-effective way to work in the field.

The dust created from pulverizing dry stalks of corn, 16 rows at a time, was enough to bind the gears on my drone camera gimbal when I flew the craft too low and close to the combine as farmer Chris ...

Leroy Epp can’t recall ever harvesting corn this early. “(My son) Nathan asked me that last night — did I ever start this early?” Epp told the Mitchell Republic recently. “After 53 years of farming, I ...

Before dawn on a cool July morning, the rumble of cars breaks the silence on a farm on Colorado’s Western Slope. Agricultural workers, prepared for the sunrise with long-sleeved shirts and baseball ...

SCHALLER, Iowa -- Perched 10 feet off the ground in an enclosed cab, LaRae Mauser carefully steered the green John Deere combine toward the golden rows of corn plants. Holding the wheel with one hand, ...

ASHEVILLE - A reader asks about the farm-to-kettle process of popcorn making. Got a question for Answer Man or Answer Woman? Email Interim Executive Editor Karen Chávez at [email protected] and ...