Frank Hennenfent is a typical Illinois farmer. At this time of year, he spends countless hours in an air-conditioned, GPS-equipped combine – an enormous machine that can harvest as many as 12 rows of ...

During summer road trips with the family, and sometimes just while driving to a more rural part of town to golf together, my Dad would drive us past row upon row upon row of corn. As a native Iowan, ...

ARLINGTON, Neb. (AP)-- Long before combines and hybrids, corn was picked by hand, ear-by-ear, row-by-row. And some people can't wait to get back to that long, tedious process. ``Just bringing back the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Be on the lookout for some visual indicators that a piece of corn is a good pick. According to Ann Ahmed, Owner of Minnesota’s ...