STARK CITY, Mo. — Using corn rather than propane to heat a poultry house makes sense to Bill Harvill, of Stark City. It would make more sense if he could find larger stoves to heat his eight poultry ...

L.R. Equipment's external corn-burning furnace provides enough heat for an entire house and can be hooked up to existing systems. It runs on clean-burning corn dried to 15 percent moisture. BEAVERTON ...

Description: Corn burning boilers and furnaces burn dry shelled corn to make heat. Demand: In 2005, shipments of freestanding pellet stoves and inserts, which includes corn burners, topped 118,000 — a ...

PINE ISLAND, Minn. -- The demand for corn-burning furnaces keeps Ken Markham in running shoes. Markham, who owns Zumbro Ag, Ranch and Pet in Pine Island, added more hours to his daily routine Oct. 1, ...

COLUMBUS — Gary Egger says it didn't take much to realize using corn to heat his home would save him lots of cash as the nation braces for rising gas prices this winter. “I raise corn,” said Egger, ...

Since natural gas prices increased, more people are turning to alternative fuels to heat their houses. After MidAmerican Energy announced last year it would increase its gas rates, Stacie Fidlar, of ...

But aside from being a staple food for many different cultures, a Beaverton company is hoping people look to corn to heat their homes as natural gas prices rise. But aside from being a staple food for ...

Wood, corn or stay with gas? The considerations that figure into the decision add to the task: clearances, venting requirements, chimneys, burn time for each ...