Southwestern Illinois harvest progressing

A southwestern Illinois farmer says harvest has been good so far. Kenny Hartman, Jr., who grows corn, soybeans, and wheat in Monroe County, tells Brownfield… “We’ve harvested some corn, we’ve harvested some beans.”  He says, “We’ve got some very good crops this year. I know last year we were in one of them droughty areas […]

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