A few pests can create problems for corn growers. Crows and other birds may peck the ground and steal the seeds before or as they germinate. Use a row cover secured with pins, soil, or rocks to ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A truck driver with the Tuxedo Corn Company prepares a load of Olathe Sweet brand sweet corn to be transported from a field to the company’s distribution ...

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 ...

ROLLINSFORD — When the sweet corn is ready to be picked, Andy Viel is up and ready at 2 a.m., with a tractor, a corn harvester and a wagon. He will be in the fields for 16 hours, possibly having time ...