Plan 1/2 acre of sweetcorn 

How We Plant It

There’s something honest about the old ways. This spring, we fired up the 1946 Farmall A—a tractor that’s older than most of our customers—hooked it to a John Deere 730 lister, and got to work on a half-acre of Kandy Korn. The Farmall settled into its familiar rhythm, steady and sure, the kind of machine that doesn’t ask for much but delivers every time. The lister followed behind, opening up neat rows in the earth, ready to cradle the seed.

We chose Kandy Korn for good reason. It’s an 89-day variety—not the quickest, but the right choice for real flavor. Kandy Korn has been earning its keep on farms like ours for years. The kernels stay tender longer than a lot of the fast-maturing kinds, and the sugar content holds its own against sweeter varieties. When you’re growing for taste, not just volume, Kandy Korn shows up. The seed goes in clean, germinates reliably, and grows into stalks that feed well from good soil and honest work.

The John Deere 730 lister is simple—just good engineering. No computer, no hydraulic guesswork. It opens the furrow, the seed drops in at the right depth, and the lister covers it clean. You can see what it’s doing. That simplicity means it works the same way year after year. The Farmall pulled it steady across the half-acre, the kind of day-in, day-out work that builds real crops. In about 89 days, we’ll have Kandy Korn worth the diesel and the sweat.