From the Fields: LeeAnne Bulman with Kaleb Ellis

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Temperatures in Idaho where Kaleb Ellis is combining reach 115 degrees, with highs at more than 100 degrees for a week.

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Kaleb Ellis returns to Idaho to work the wheat harvest again this year; it started July 10.

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Dry weather allows round bales to be hauled to the barn on the Chad Fankhauser farm north of Arcadia, Wisconsin.

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Uneven fields and flood-damaged corn are the norm in some areas of western Wisconsin.

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Small squares are unloaded on the Freise farm north of Melrose, Wisconsin.

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Jimmy Ellis grooms his pastures near Independence, Wisconsin.

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Rye harvest is in the works on a farm west of Lone Rock, Wisconsin.

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LeeAnne Bulman with Kaleb Ellis For Agri-View

Here in western Wisconsin we are celebrating a week with no rain. The dry spell began after we had 4 inches of rain in 18 hours with strong winds. Jimmy Ellis reported he had a trampoline in his hay field. My daughter in Illinois said a farmer in her area lost two grain bins and the owner was still hunting one of them. I saw a field of corn I had photographed earlier this summer – and that looked beautiful at that time – is now half gone from the high water.