So the past week or so has been all about getting the corn (maize) out of the fields. I figured that I would share with you a few photos of it…
So the past week or so has been all about getting the corn (maize) out of the fields. I figured that I would share with you a few photos of it…
Today I went with my dad to fill up the tanker with yellow. Yellow is a (mostly) liquid by-product of ethanol production that seems to be composed primarily of protein. It’s technically called Wet Distiller’s Grains and this “yellow” is what is left after the distillation process has taken place. Animals seem to love it. …
This morning I took my mom to the airport for the start of her Nordic journey. I hadn’t been to the Waterloo, IA airport in many years and was surprised at just how nice it was for a very little airport. At the Delta counter (they seem to be the only airline that was serving …
So I arrive just as the very first part of the harvest is beginning which is corn chopping. Corn chopping, unlike corn harvesting, uses the entire plant except for the roots. Rather than cutting the stalks down and removing the corn kernels from the plant, corn chopping cuts up the entire plant into small bits, …
Sarah Jane Humke 