Iowa farmers are making progress on the fall harvest, but some say their combines have been dirty, dusty, and becoming black in color when they’re done harvesting corn for the day. Iowa State ...

Understand how combine components interact to do a better job. There are discrete steps to set a combine to minimize grain loss and damage when harvesting corn, including: 1. Set concave-to-rotor ...

What you see on the cornerpost display in a combine cab isn’t necessarily what’s going on inside the combine. The numbers detailing concave, chaffer and sieve settings might be inaccurate compared ...

Jeremy Matuszewski, of Thunderstruck Ag Equipment, enjoys helping farmers with innovative products, David Murray writes.

GILBY, N.D. -- Depending on how you look at it, this is either the latest or the earliest Greg Amundson has ever combined corn. Amundson was in a field southwest of Gilby on Monday, Jan. 6, chipping ...

CENTRAL IOWA FARMERS. THE NEW CROP REPORT FROM THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SAYS SOME OF THEM ARE ALREADY IN THE FIELDS WITH THE COMBINE. KCCI BEAU BOWMAN IS LIVE TONIGHT. AFTER SPEAKING WITH ...

Variability in moisture content and maturity will create corn drying and storage challenges this year, a North Dakota State University grain drying expert warns. "There are variations within regions ...

The long run of warm, dry weather, and the forecast of even more to come, is giving Upper Midwest corn producers a difficult but not unpleasant decision: Harvest wet corn now and pay drying expenses?

A handful of Iowa farmers fired up their combines this week to start harvesting corn, according to the latest crop progress and condition report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.More than a ...

Holdrege, Nebraska — I have been staying busy picking high-moisture corn this past week. It’s high-yielding and around 28 to 31 percent moisture. It’s standing well and is green and healthy, too. High ...