Calmer Corn Heads Owner Makes Huge Impact Video
He's a farmer, inventor, public speaker, researcher and CEO. The owner of Calmer Corn Heads is from the small town of Alpha, Illinois, but he works to leave a giant impression on the world of agriculture. Necessity is the mother of invention, said Marion Calmer, CEO of Calmer Corn Heads. Calmer is the inventor of the world's first 30 row corn head that was showcased at this year's farm progress show. Calmer said, It has all the bells and whistles on it...hydraulic plates, it has chopping stalk rolls, it has auto header height so it will automatically raise and lower as it goes through the field. Calmer designed the corn head for an Iowa farmer who wanted to plant ultra narrow corn rows and requested a 12 inch row corn head. I said we will go home and take a look at it, I called him back and said we can do it, said Calmer. It was the middle 1980's, when Calmer began doing on-farm research. Calmer is a promoter of narrow row corn, and works to educate farmers on its high yield advantage. My opinion is the most abnormal thing man ever did to a corn plant was put it in a row, Calmer said. The gift of invention runs in Calmer's blood. His ancestors were also inventors. Calmer said, I don't know if it's something you can teach...being an inventor. As a child growing up my train of thought was wha
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