An eastern Iowa corn and soybean grower is one of many farmers concerned about dryness in the year ahead.

Jeff Pape of Dyersville says it’s not abnormally dry in his area yet.

“But we didn’t go into the fall with a ton of moisture in the ground (and) I’m not seeing a lot of moisture to this winter. The fall reminds me a lot of 2011 when we went into ’12 and ended up with kind of a drought year.”

He tells Brownfield the moisture deficit is cause for concern.

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