Field Notes caught up with Donna Jeschke, an Illinois farmer who lives and works an hour south of Chicago.

Field Notes caught up with Don Rutledge, a Colorado farmer who also raises cattle and hogs.

Off the Cob caught up with Maize Genetics and Genomics Database Curator Jack Gardiner.

Field Notes visits with Sam Hancock, who farms in Kentucky.

Field Notes spoke to Donna Jeschke, who farms just south of Chicago, Illinois.

Field Notes caught up with Brian Scott, an Indiana farmer who recently completed his corn harvest.

With the new fiscal year underway, Off the Cob had a chance to sit down with new FY 2013 National Corn Growers Association Corn Board Member Kevin Skunes.

Field Notes caught up with Brian Scott, an Indiana farmer who was combining corn at the time.

Field Notes caught up with Billy Thiel, a Missouri farmer currently completing his soybean harvest. With his corn crop already harvested, Thiel has begun working the soil to prepare for next year.

Field Notes also spoke with Don Rutledge, who farms and ranches near Yuma, Colo. in part 2.