AMES, Iowa — Three Nebraska farmer-inventors have developed equipment to harvest corn cobs and other biomass that will be sought for cellulosic ethanol production. The inventions were described at ...

A look at harvesting corn using decades-old farm equipment, highlighting how well-kept machines can still handle the job and ...

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 ...

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 ...

The tractor coughed but didn’t catch, so the old farmer on the ground yelled up to the old farmer behind the wheel. “The black button,” Don Magee said. “You push it in.” And then it roared to life, an ...

The hay mow was filled to the rafters with hay and straw bales, but the ear corn supply was gone as September approached. Oats and barley were decent substitutes until the new-crop corn moved from the ...

The latest report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture forecasts corn production will be up nearly 13 percent from a year ...

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 ...

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 ...

GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- Most of Michigan's corn harvest is usually wrapped up by deer season. But this year, that's not the case. Not even close. Farmers across Michigan have felt ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... 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 ...