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 ...

GRANITE, IOWA (KELO) — The Threshing Bee in Granite, Iowa, is the largest free admission show in the Midwest and the goal of the event is to bring people back to the basics of farming. The town of ...

Matt Folstad had an idea: Rather than mow his 2 acres of yard every summer, why not plow it up and plant wheat on it? That was the start of his backyard threshing bee. Folstad, 38, works as a truck ...

Threshing shows and old machinery will be featured at Heritage Hill, Hanley Falls, Atwater and Forest City, with a Summer Rendezvous also taking place at the Forest City Stockade during the threshers ...

Bob Nesselroad, a volunteer at Living History Farms in Des Moines, Iowa, stands on an antique steam tractor during a threshing demonstration in August 2022. (Rox Laird/Courthouse News) (CN) — ...

GRANITE, IOWA (KELO) — We all know tourism is big in South Dakota; it’s one of our leading economic industries, right behind agriculture. But just across the border into Iowa, there’s a hidden gem; a ...

BUTTERFIELD, Minn. — The Butterfield Threshermen’s Association recently hosted their 45th Threshing Bee. "The site of the show was land given to the city of Butterfield in 1941 by A.R. Voss, a ...

Herman Whitte drives a tractor pulling a baler at Atwater Threshing Days on Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025. Live demonstrations of threshing and baling let guests of the weekend event learn about farm life in ...

The 23rd Annual Threshing Bee, held by the South Central Montana Antique Tractor and Machinery Association, brings together the club’s 200 members and as many as 2,000 spectators on Saturday and ...

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 ...

WAVERLY, Neb. (KOLN) - Whether you want to watch some butter being churned or corn being shelled, you can step back in time at an event about 20 minutes from Lincoln and get a look at Nebraska’s roots ...

Growing up, I spent every summer on my grandmother’s farm in South Carolina, and she would often use farming metaphors to teach me lessons. Every time a boy broke my heart, or I dealt with racism, she ...