Leon Knirk often jokes that he grows corn in rocks instead of soil on his south-central Michigan farm near Quincy. All jokes aside, Knirk says the rocky, light soils take a toll on his 16-row corn ...

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DAGUPAN City – A mechnical corn planter developed by a Department of Agriculture (DA) bureau is ready for commercialization. Called pneumatic corn planter, the farm machine was crafted by the Bureau ...