INDEPENDENCE, Iowa — Greg Alber, who farms northeast of Independence, had one field of beans left to combine when it started raining Oct. 10. He hoped to get that field out so he could start corn, but the forecast was calling for more rain which might keep him out of the field for the rest of the week.
Northeast Iowa bean yields down due to dry spell
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Greg Alber had just one field of soybeans left to combine when it started raining Oct. 10.
Soybean yields are down some due to dry weather in August and September.
By stopping in fields and making calls to farmers waiting out the rain, IFT reporters gathered updates on 2017 harvest progress from each of I…
