Here’s a story of the joy a farmer had when he got a new corn picker after World War II… and of where the few bucks to pay for it were hidden. The story comes from Gary Swensen, Yankton, S.D. “During ...
When it comes to harvesting corn, a lot has changed in the past several decades. Now, a mechanized corn harvester can tear through a field – picking, shucking, and shelling whole rows of corn and ...
LEFT: Corn pickers, which eliminated the need for the crop to be picked by hand, have given way to behemoth combines that can harvest 24 rows at a time. RIGHT: Birkey’s also sells drones that can ...