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 ...
Proclaiming 2024 the “Year of the Combine” Case IH hosted an exclusive preview in Orlando, Florida, to showcase its newest grain harvesting technology: the AF 11 combine. The sleek, muscular model ...
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 ...
The latest report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture forecasts corn production will be up nearly 13 percent from a year ...
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 ...
RIDGEFIELD — Harvest season has begun for a group of Ridgefield farmers. For the next week, Jim Walker, John Mettler Jr., Bill Kennedy and a few other former dairy farmers will work together to ...
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 ...
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, ...
LINCOLN - As combines pop up in fields across the Midwest, the Nebraska Corn Board and Nebraska Corn Growers Association encourage farmers, as well as local residents and visitors, to take a second ...