So most of the brooms we use are made out of a type of sorghum. It's called broom corn. It was a craft that was really commonly grown here, but it pretty much left the U.S. due to a series of ...

MOST OF THE BROOMS ARE MADE OUT OF A SORE GUM CALLED BROOM CORN A CROP COMMONLY GROWN HERE BUT IT LEFT THE U.S. DUE TO A SERIES OF WHETHER IT'S TRADE AGREEMENTS OR LABOR. IT MOSTLY MOVED TO MEXICO.

And the four brothers — named the grand marshals of this year’s 2008 Arcola Broom Corn Festival parade — each said the community was as much a part of their success as they were for Arcola ...

For several years, Missy Bauer, Farm Journal Field Agronomist, has been in the market for a planter — specifically a corn planter she could call her own to use in plots. She focused her search ...

Since learning that one of her students, Tan Yeting, and her brother, were just scraping by on the meager income of their grandparents' handmade broom business, Cheng would pay regular visits to Tan's ...