Development was slowed when McCormick and Deering both marketed corn binders based on their small grain binder machines, which cut and bound corn into shocks so that after the corn completely dried, the ears could be removed from the stalks and either stored or shelled. But by the late 1920s...
“Weather extremes and environmental shocks, for instance, will likely occur more frequently in the future. In California, the multi-year drought and recent lifting of the drought emergency after a heavy rain and snow year has had a cascade of lingering effects, calling for greater management of...