Discover how corn shelling bees and early mechanical shellers transformed American agriculture and strengthened rural ...

A Farm Region Moving North and East The classic Corn Belt used to be easy to picture: Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, and parts of ...

Explore the history of corn harvesting in American agriculture, from hand-husked fields with horses to early mechanized ...

Crop breeding for higher yields may be unintentionally reducing the beneficial microorganisms that help plants absorb nutrients Modern corn, wheat, and beans have dramatically different root systems ...