Yields better than expected considering dry summer

Phyllis Coulter
Oct 21, 2022
Oct 21, 2022

Harvest dust is more evidence that it has been a drier than normal summer season for crops in Eastern Illinois as Stan and Michael Harper start corn harvest at the end of September.
Photo by Phyllis Coulter

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OGDEN, Ill. — In areas where very little rain fell this summer, some farmers started this season’s harvest hoping for the best but expecting the worse.

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