Volunteer corn (corn growing due to seed from the previous year’s crop) can be a serious problem, and according to a 2007 Iowa State University study one volunteer corn plant per 10-foot of row resulted in a 1.3 percent yield loss. I haven’t seen many fields worst than this one…
Got Volunteer Corn?
Algona, Iowa – Corn is so important in Iowa that the Algona municipal airport’s runway is bordered by it! I guess every piece of arable land is being used!
Algona, Iowa - Municipal Airport Runway
(Okay, so to be entirely truthful – Algona does have a paved runway — so this is not the only runway at the airport.)
Britt, Iowa — National Hobo Convention
Yes, you read it correctly! Britt, Iowa is home to the national hobo convention, which is being held this summer from August 6-9. For more information and to find out who a hobo really is check out their website: Britt, Iowa.
Britt, Iowa
Geoff, perhaps you have not seen: just down the road from West Bend, in Laurens, IA, the local airport runway is also the fairway on the 8th hole of the golf course. Check for incoming aircraft before you tee off!