Chelsea Fisch - O’Brien County
Northwest Iowa
“On the whole, it’s been a pretty good year,” Fisch said Oct. 9. “I think everybody’s pretty well wrapped up with beans ... making good headway on corn.” Early yield estimates put corn at 180-250 bushels per acre. Beans are across the board depending on if they suffered hail damage or sudden death syndrome. Area farmers are spreading manure when the weather cooperates.”
Carolyn Badje - Winnebago County
North Central Iowa
“Pretty much all the beans are out. We switched to corn,” Badje said Oct. 9. “It seems like a race. Everything ...