DOUGHERTY, Iowa —The massive cement corn crib on Ted and Judy Pitzenberger’s farm has a sparkling new roof and doors. Ted just has to paint the doors, and the restoration will be complete. When Judy ...

Built by the DeKalb seed company, an oval-shaped, century-old concrete corn crib is a prominent structure on a farm southeast of Elburn that is being protected from development. Dozens, if not ...

Driving between Cedar Falls and Des Moines has happened many times in my life. Whether it was visiting my then-girlfriend, ...

Other structures for farming included the hay barrack-hay barn, wagonshed-carriage house, toolshed, smithy, pig pen, chicken house, sheepfold, corn crib, limekiln, milkhouse and tobacco barn or shed.

It’s harvest season and large combines make short work of picking, husking and shelling the millions of acres of this year’s corn crop. That shelled corn is stored in large concrete elevators and ...