With the "okay" hand sign deemed to have taken on associations with white supremacists, Nebraska officials moved to give Herbie Husker a "We're No. 1" gesture.

Dick Humes squinted and sweat as he moved down a row of corn. He sliced through the husk with a metal hook in his right hand, snapped the ear from its… At Harvest, Corn Huskers Still Pick By ...

A lifelong Husker fan and University of Nebraska-Lincoln student is spreading cheer by adding a field of corn to the red sea. Senior Carrie Wehrman has been gaining traction for her small business ...

By the 1930s, hand corn husking became the fastest-growing sport in America, drawing over 100,000 spectators at national contests. Nebraska is one of nine states still ho. Aired 02/15/2024 ...

In its inaugural season on the shelves of 19 retail stores and all University of Nebraska–Lincoln concession stands, Corn Finger sold over 4,500 of its foam fingers in 2009. Photos by Danny Schreiber.

The top tool, many of our readers knew, is a hand-held corn husker. You can guess at the function of this month's new tool, bottom, from the collection of the Landis Valley Village & Farm Museum ...

Harvesting corn in a $300,000, eight-row combine is a solitary, highly mechanized business. Such was not always the case. Up through the late 1930s, most corn was picked not by machine, but by hand.

Nebraska State Hand Cornhusking Contest. Out of Staters - all agers (20-minute pick) 1. Renick Martin of Cedar Park, Texas, 165.91 pounds. Team Pick (35-minute pick) ...

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (KOLN) - The 2024 State Hand Cornhusking Contest will take place on Sept. 14 at the Stuhr Museum in Grand Island, and organizers are encouraging more participants to sign up.

At Harvest, Corn Huskers Still Pick By Hand. By Harvest Public Media Posted October 14, 2014. Tweet. Dick Humes squinted and sweat as he moved down a row of corn.