Farmers get taste of varying harvest yields

GIBSON CITY – Farmers met under the Freehill family's trees last week to share lunch and compare notes at the start of harvest.

Jim Freehill, who farms with his father, Mike, and brother, Ken, said the family just started harvesting corn Wednesday and he has one thing to say about yields.

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