Iowa farmers wary as drought deepens even with corn, soybean prices up
Des Moines Register The soil was so dry in one of April Hemmes' cornfields, it fell from her hand like dust when she dug into the ground this week to check whether the seeds she planted had germinated. Hemmes' north central Iowa family farm had received trace amounts of rain, missed by most of a storm that dumped up to 2 inches just north of her. "My husband said we have a chance for a few sprinkles tonight," the 61-year-old farmer, who lives just south of Hampton, said Wednesday. "Right now, I'd take that." Luckily, corn planted in Hemmes' other fields is popping out of the ground, find...
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