Beard said he makes $50 an acre extra by growing popcorn rather than regular field, or dent, corn on his land. He likes the thought that his corn ends up in America’s top popcorn brand.

"The end goal, when you hear the word popcorn, you think of Pilot Knob Farm and not Orville Redenbacher," fifth generation ...

Orville Redenbacher. Popcorn has been around since early humans tossed kernels in fires more than 5,000 years a ...