Literally "Corny" (Original Photography

Howdy,

The time has come! Farmers have been out in the fields and, now, the corn harvesters can be seen. Parked in fields or along the roads, these large toothed tractors look like some sort of cross between a tractor and a medieval weapon of destruction!

^{Corn Plant Massacre Machine}

With such amazing autumn-ish weather, I had to get out and see what was going on in the agricultural landscape around Mankato. The new Jeep is a huge upgrade over my truck and was a delight to drive around the back roads. After years driving the Ranger, I had forgotten what a vehicle with a decent suspension felt like...

^{Rows of Gold}

Sweet corn (the kind humans prefer to eat) is harvested much earlier in the year, generally. What remains is mostly field corn, which is used as animal feed an processed into corn ethanol. The latter is rather unfortunate, as there are better options and feeding our vehicles with corn is not as "green" as one might think.

^{The Divided Hill}

Regardless, the corn fields are quite pretty in their way. The border between harvested and standing crop continues to catch my attention.

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