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 ...

WEST FARGO, N.D. -- An Italian corn equipment manufacturer is among the half-dozen specialty corn head manufacturers out there, scrambling to pitch new harvest technology amid shifting production and ...

From apples to corn to soybeans, the fall harvest season becomes a life of its own in central Iowa. Conversations in coffee ...

When your combine rolls through the field, it doesn’t just gather corn or soybeans. It provides a free ride for all kinds of debris that can be detrimental to crop production. Weed seeds are among the ...

Farmers are harvesting what are among the largest corn and soybean crops in history at the fastest pace in years, straining their physical capabilities and their grain storage capacity. The massive ...

Summer-like” temperatures and almost no precipitation over the past week expedited harvest season across Iowa, according to a Monday weather summary from the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land ...

Farmers are well into the harvesting season. During the months of October and November, harvesting is really amplified across the area. Some were still able to work during the snow but for others it ...

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 ...

GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- Most of Michigan's corn harvest is usually wrapped up by deer season. But this year, that's not the case. Not even close. Farmers across Michigan have felt ...