You Can Grow Sweet Corn in Your Backyard—Here’s What to Know Before You Plant

A few pests can create problems for corn growers. Crows and other birds may peck the ground and steal the seeds before or as they germinate. Use a row cover secured with pins, soil, or rocks to ...
The Denver Post

PHOTOS: Olathe Sweet corn harvest

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Tuxedo Corn Company founder and farmer John Harold walks through rows of hisnOlathe Sweet brand sweet corn just after dawn Wednesday morning, July 9, 2025 in ...
The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel

Olathe corn harvest means on thing — here comes the sweet corn

PEA GREEN — Dawn is breaking everywhere as the stillness of Sunday morning is interrupted by the sound of ears of corn being ripped from waist-high plants in the ground. An old Ford 350 motor slowly ...
Foster's Daily Democrat

Viel's Farm Stand: A 100-year tradition

ROLLINSFORD — When the sweet corn is ready to be picked, Andy Viel is up and ready at 2 a.m., with a tractor, a corn harvester and a wagon. He will be in the fields for 16 hours, possibly having time ...