Many Midwestern farmers are reporting above average crops despite variable weather conditions.

Jim Koester grows corn and soybeans in southwestern Indiana.

“With the soybeans we were a little bit disappointed for a long time. They don’t seem like they have quite the height that they would have on a normal year, but they’re coming around,” he says. “Our corn for the most part looks really good. If nothing happens I think we’re going to be pleasantly surprised.”

Mike Beard grows corn and soybeans in central Indiana.

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