Surprising start to harvest for southeastern Illinois farmer

A southeastern Illinois farmer says his corn harvest started Thursday with a surprise. Jeff Scates, who farms in Gallatin & Union Counties, tells Brownfield… “It was the first field that we had planted, and it was coming out at 15% moisture.”  He says, “So it’s much, much drier than anticipated.” He says yields were also […]

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