However, he planted corn across the top of all of them and I had a devil of a time cutting the grass between the plots because the sweet corn blocked my exit. I brought him home enough sweet corn seed from the sheep folks up at Platteville to fill those plots. Sweet corn adventure makes new friends, crop. With as many plots he has worked up, he probably will have me with a stand along the road selling corn. After he got done with his tilling I asked, What are you going to plant in all this...

Corn planting wrapped up before the end of last week with switching over to soybean planting, although soil moisture was getting very short as soybeans were being planted. Field operations for the reporting week include planting, herbicide spraying and side dressing nitrogen fertilizer in corn. In fact, after looking at a perfect stand from the later planted corn, my dad claimed he isn't going to let us plant before the first of May next year. What makes farming different from many other...

He said first prize for winning the sweet corn eating competition is a cool $1,500. The corn man cometh for second try at title. Now, you can submit birth, wedding and engagement announcements online too! Submit your comments on the article in the space below: The addition of the flashing numbers above = Always believing it would be great to give his winnings to a charity, Smith has vowed he will give his prize winnings to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Suburban Newspapers2007 Submit your...

Sunshine and warm temperatures allowed farmers to plant corn, watermelons, cucumbers, snap beans, sweet corn, potatoes and tomatoes. Farmers are starting to plant full-season soybeans and harvest a small amount of strawberries and green peas. Field corn was 67 percent planted and 28 percent has begun to emerge. Winter wheat was in good condition with 7 percent excellent, 69 percent good, 19 percent fair, 4 percent poor and 1 percent very poor. Grain heads have formed in 45 percent of the...

Karen Woodmansee Appeal Staff Writer, kwoodmansee@nevadaappeal.com May 13, 2007 Print Email Gasoline prices over $3 a gallon, dire warnings about greenhouse effects and increased pollution bringing about global warming are causing some folks to think more about energy alternatives. Karen Woodmansee Appeal Staff Writer, kwoodmansee@nevadaappeal.com May 13, 2007 Print Email Gasoline prices over $3 a gallon, dire warnings about greenhouse effects and increased pollution bringing about global...