Kansas author Glenn Ediger left no threshing stone unturned as he embarked on a historical treasure hunt for the tools used by the Mennonites who settled in and around central Kansas. From his own ...

Threshing is a time-honored process intricately woven into the fabric of agricultural history. The process of separating grains from their encasing husks, or chaff, is a task that endured the test of ...

FEDERALSBURG — The Eastern Shore Threshermen and Collectors Association Inc. put on the 62nd annual Wheat Threshing, Steam and Gas Engine Show Aug. 5-7 under a sultry canopy of storm clouds and ...

Harvesting small grains on the farm was always a major task each summer. Farmers needed to cut the wheat or oats, tie them into bundles and when dried, load the bundles onto horse-drawn racks to bring ...

The agriculture experts have advised the farmers to ensure that wheat bundles used during threshing are free from hard objects like stones or metal pieces to prevent machinery damage and ensure smooth ...

When Natalie Marrone began research for her dance, “Thresh,” a meditation on wheat and the old ways of harvesting it, she did not have to go far afield. “My dad grew up threshing wheat,” Marrone said ...

Peter Watson, director of Howell Living History Farm, hosts the Mercer County 4-H Fair and Wheat Threshing Saturday, July 26 (10 a.m.-8 p.m.) and Sunday, July 27 (10 a.m.-4 p.m.). Check out displays ...

For centuries, farmers cut and moved hay by hand. Then horses made the work quicker and a bit easier. In the early 1900s, machines like the automatic baler changed everything. At Big Spring Farm Days, ...