Many posts and porch pillars are clad nowadays in a bundle of cornstalks possibly a tie and some decorative corn and a pumpkin or two. Farmers are seen with their large corn pickers bringing in the ...

Give a nod to harvest season by crafting corn stalk pieces for your spaces. "Why run to a store and buy plastic decorations when Mother Nature provides it all?" Schoenberg asks. She notes that corn ...

Iowa livestock farmers who’ve seen their pastures dry up and their hay supply dwindle may be able to find another source to feed their animals. Corn stalks can be chopped up and turned into silage.

Minnesota will pay its farmers more this winter to leave their corn stalks standing. The stalks block snow drift and help keep highways clear, said Pamela McLeod, a spokeswoman for the Minnesota ...

AMES, Iowa, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Iowa State University scientists say partially burning corn stalks, husks and cobs left in fields may help improve soil fertility. The researchers say the procedure could ...