Farmers seeing more bad news than good in harvest
By Anne Cook
Sunday October 1, 2006
Heather Coit
Farmers Melvin Cook and Robert Nofftz harvest a cornfield for the Gilliland farm off South Mattis Avenue in Champaign.
PENFIELD – Combines are rolling and all over the area, farmers are keeping an anxious eye on the sky.
Harvest started late this year, and forecasts are iffy. In many areas, corn and beans aren't drying down well, and corn riddled by summer pests is starting to go down.
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