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 ...

HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP, New Jersey (WPVI) -- Every week, there's something new to do at Howell Living History Farm. Today, families came out to help pick corn for a good cause. "The mission of the farm has ...

COLUMBUS - In the early 20th century, during the cold frosty mornings of late October and November, the sound of corn hitting against the bangboards of a horse drawn wagon was a very familiar sound ...

As I read about area farmers with crops still in the fields, I am reminded of stories my dad used to tell about picking corn by hand. When he began helping his dad in the 1920s, harvest meant walking ...

Before farming became mechanized, picking corn by hand and pitching ears into a horse-drawn wagon was how harvesting was done. In the late 19th century, local contests were held to determine the best ...

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, ...