A Missouri farmer who has just been re-elected to the National Corn Board during Corn Congress says he’s looking forward to a very good yield this year. Gary Porter farms in north central Missouri near the Iowa border.

“The kernels were 20 rows around the ear and I thought, that’s

great. That’s what I wanted to see. Then I counted the kernels long and it was

44 kernels long. And if you multiply that out with your population, it’s over

200 bushels an acre and so I’m really excited to see what happens.”

Porter checks the drought monitor every week and says he’s

concerned about quite a few growers in the western Corn Belt, including the

southwest corner of Missouri.

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