We raise both dent and waxy corn on our farm. Whenever I mention waxy someone inevitably asks me, “What is waxy corn?” Even other corn growers tend to ask because it is not a large part of the overall corn market. Here in Indiana there are several markets for waxy corn. What makes it waxy? […]
This week you’re actually getting two weeks of farm pics. You might not know that if I hadn’t mentioned it, but I know some of you really like to keep up with us through Farm Week in Pictures! We worked on corn part of last week, and then we switched to soybeans. Rain kept us […]
On our farm we grow corn, soybeans, popcorn, and wheat. More specifically #2 yellow dent corn, waxy corn, commercial soybeans, soybeans for seed (for two different seed companies), popcorn, and wheat. Let’s start with the regular dent corn. You’ll notice I didn’t say sweet corn. None of the corn we grow (except popcorn) ends up […]