In the early 1900's corn silos dotted the landscape of Owen County. A silo boldly marked where a farmer lived his life and earned his living.
It is hard to imagine a world without corn. It sweetens our sodas, fuels our cars, fattens our livestock, and forms the core ...
There are numerous crucial components to the production of hybrid seed corn that you place in your planter each spring. Along with cutting-edge genetics, one of those key components involves a network ...
In this video, I share my experience in growing rainbow corn also known as gem, glass, and Aztec corn also give my thoughts on what it tastes like and if it's worth growing. Self Sufficient Me is ...
Sweet corn is the taste of summer in Illinois. Growing it fresh in your backyard is simple, fun, easy, and it might even be profitable! Learn how to grow a successful sweet corn patch during this ...
VERSAILLES — On Oct. 15, Caden Buschur Agriculture and Natural Resources Extension Educator for Darke County spoke to the Versailles Agricultural Education Classes. Buschur spoke about staging ...
Corn is a United States icon; the U.S. is both the largest producer and consumer of corn in the entire world. Now that we've established that corn is good, you should also know how to tell when corn ...
Corn is a dominant crop in Kansas, primarily used for cattle feed and biofuel, not human consumption. Despite growing millions of acres, Kansas still imports corn due to massive demand from the cattle ...
Year after year, the same 15 million acres across Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin are planted with corn. Each August, the fibrous green leaves in those fields reach eye level. And each ...
Truck driver Isaac Yara holds up a piece of dryland field corn while waiting for his truck load to finish. This corn is smaller than sweet corn. Western Kansas has inserted itself into the corn belt, ...
It’s harvest time in Kansas. Across the state, combines have begun shaving down and chopping up over 6 million acres of corn. Isaac Yara is a truck driver, so he sees almost nothing but those corn ...