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 ...

“Two rows at a time, slow and dirty” is how Chad Coleman describes his corn harvest. He’s surrounded by crunching, brittle corn plants, dust, parts of shredded stalks and leaves, and a deafening noise ...

As you are near or in the thick of harvest — depending on your geography — you are no doubt busy with a million different things. But is there anything you can do to help ensure an orderly corn ...

A behind-the-scenes look at nighttime corn harvesting, showing equipment, lighting, and techniques used to work efficiently ...

A full day in the fields bringing in the corn from sunrise to sunset. Long hours, steady machines, and endless rows of gold ...

GACKLE, N.D. — The Zenker combines, tractors and grain trailers on Thursday, July 2, were pulled in tight to a shed, still covered in dirt and corn dust and pieces of corn stocks. The equipment ...

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 ...

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 ...

PEA GREEN — Dawn is breaking everywhere as the stillness of Sunday morning is interrupted by the sound of ears of corn being ripped from waist-high plants in the ground. An old Ford 350 motor slowly ...