Corn Harvest Time - Iowa

As you can ascertain in this view, the favorite color in the Midwest this time of the year is Yellow Gold. Additionally you can quickly see that not all of Iowa is flat Corn Fields. Along the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers the land is gently rolling. Note the on the contour corn rows. Farmers plant the crops around the hills to assist in preventing soil erosion. Most of the harvesting equipment is manufactured in the Middle West by the John Deere Company, which is why you see so much "Green."

One more load of corn for the grain bin. Before the corn is stored for the futures market or even shipped direct to the grain processors it must be a specific moisture content. That is why most Iowa Tractor Boys have their own corn drying equipment. This load is headed to the drying infrastructure.

This former Iowa Tractor Boy has fond of memories of helping his Dad pick corn by hand. We used a husking peg and threw the ear corn to a wagon pulled by a team of horses. My, how things have changed.