Farming in the rolling hills of western Iowa, Kevin Ross expects to see some variability in corn yields every year. But Ross says the extremes this year are exceptional.
“In this field I’ve been in today, it’s run anywhere close to 300, all the way down to 80,” Ross says with a laugh.
Corn yields overall will average around 190—not bad, he says, considering the lack of rainfall this summer.
“We only had one rain that was over an inch in the entire growing season, which was in May.
