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Farmer Josh


UPDATE: Check out final Farmer Josh story in the videos below!
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Farmer Josh Learns to Drive a Tractor
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Last year, over 2 billion bushels of corn were produced in the state of Iowa – more than any other U.S. state. This season, KCRG-TV9’s Josh Baynes is going to try his hand at farming corn on a 3-acre... Read more »

Farmer Josh Gets Ready to Plant
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Before planting corn, one must load a planter with seed corn. Farmer Josh recently did that with the help of local farmer Brian Lensch. Brian says that in a bag of seed corn, there are 80,000 seeds and... Read more »

Farmer Josh Plants Corn
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It is now time to plant corn! Technology has really changed the way farming can be done nowadays. For my small plot, I was actually taught how to operate the auto steer function in the tractor. Why... Read more »

Farmer Josh Gets His Field Sprayed
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After a month of the corn being planted, many weeds showed up along with the corn. Rod Peyton from R & R Spraying says weeds (especially grass) are competition for the corn and will reduce... Read more »

Farmer Josh Checks on Corn
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I recently met with agronomist Rich Lee from Golden Harvest to see how my corn is progressing after 55 days of it being planted. In a nutshell, Rich said the corn is doing well and has really... Read more »

Farmer Josh Harvests His Corn Crop
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On Friday, Oct. 16, I harvested my corn with the help of local farmer Jim Lensch. He was brave enough to let me operate his combine. Really, it was not too difficult to run. The particular John Deere... Read more »

NEW - Farmer Josh Sells his Corn
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I recently took my corn to market to sell it. Brian Lensch helped me with that process. We first had to retrieve the corn out of the bin and put it into the semi trailer. To do that,... Read more »

Farmer Josh: Corn Facts

Corn Facts Source: Iowa Corn Growers Association • Corn is a descendent of teosinte, a Mexican grass. The earliest known ears were only a few inches long. • A metric ton of corn = 39.4 bushels •... Read more »

Farmer Josh: Why He's Doing it

For the last few years, I have been heavily involved in the Eastern Iowa Branch of the Juvenile Research Foundation’s (JDRF) annual Promise Gala, which has raised more than $250,000 each of the last two... Read more »

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