WEST UNION, Iowa — Ron Ward was stepping into his combine to get started on a field of soybeans on Oct. 10 and said he was not feeling too bad about what he’d seen so far.
Soybean yields better than expected after lack of rain
From the Iowa Harvest 2023 series
Ron Ward, who farms in Fayette County, says his expectations were variable based on how much moisture a field received.
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