Q. I am tired of hauling wood indoors for my fireplace. I saw pellet and corn stoves at my home center store and they sell the pellets there. Are they convenient to use and do they produce much heat ...

Dear Jim: I use my fireplace for extra heat, but it is a hassle. I am considering getting a corn or wood pellet stove instead. Are they energy efficient and low-maintenance, and what are my options? — ...

Dear Jim: I am tired of hauling wood indoors for my fireplace. I saw pellet and corn stoves at my home center store and they sell the pellets there. Are they convenient to use and do they produce much ...

Tired of skyrocketing heating bills, Rich Hannan has turned to an alternative straight from the days of the Depression. Hannan is burning corn kernels – the type bought directly from farmers or grain ...

Stoves that burn shelled corn are a hot commodity, and a company in northeast Colorado can't keep up with the demand."This year's been phenomenal," says Vic Wisdom, president of Wisdom Industries in ...

J.D.: A wood pellet or corn stove is an excellent choice for heating a portion or all of your home. I have tested many designs in my own home for the past 16 years and have one running as I write this ...

Corn is the new king when it comes to heating stoves. It appears that every manufacturer of corn-fueled stoves in the United States and Canada is facing a backlog of orders because of the huge demand.

Recent hikes in the cost of fuel oil and natural gas have many of us looking at alternative sources for home heating. Several people have asked me what I think is "greener," a pellet stove or a wood ...

Instead of spending $200,000 per year on propane, he will spend less than $70,000 for corn. Harvill said it cost him less than $3 per bushel this year to grow around 14,000 bushels of corn, the amount ...

WATERLOO -- Livestock farmers aren't the only ones getting squeezed by high corn prices. Corn stove and furnace sales have cooled off dramatically this winter, dealers say. Corn prices have more than ...

Twelve families in Takoma Park, citing concerns about global warning, will heat their homes this winter with corn-burning stoves fueled with kernels from the 3.5 tons of corn stored in a new ...