Friday 8th August 2025

Photo by Reid Thompson

A central Illinois farmer says it will be hard to tell how much damage weekend rains caused crops until the water subsides.

“Did it take the top end yield off most of our farm? It very well could have.”

Reid Thompson farms 3400 acres of corn and soybeans east of Bloomington in McLean County. He tells Brownfield he got anywhere from 5-10” on his fields and drier soils took the first couple pretty well.

   

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