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 ...

My sister, who lived with her family on a farm a mile or two down the road, called to say that the sweet corn her husband raised on a contract with a canning company was ready to harvest. It was time ...

In a cornfield just before dawn, the morning chill surrenders to the light. The stillness of the night gives way to chirping birds mixed with the sound of flowing irrigation water. Insects are buzzing ...

After a busy summer season, sweet corn harvest is beginning to slow down across Delaware. The popular crop’s harvest typically starts at the end of June and runs through early October. Sweet corn is ...

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 ...