Crop technology helps limit corn losses in drought - Businessweek
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — For months, Illinois farmer David Kellerman
held out hope for rain, even as the worst drought in nearly 25 years
spread across the country.
He finally gave up when the temperature hit 108 three days in a row.
Corn won't develop kernels if it gets too warm during pollination, and
Kellerman knew the empty cobs in the fields where he works would never
fill out. Just after the Fourth of July, he and the neighbor he farms
with took an extraordinary step: They cut down the entire crop and baled
the withered plants to use as hay for their cattle.
...Yes, farming is one of the most uncertain occupations...even when
you do well, you know that the future will bring some degree of
misery...I grew up on a small farm and wouldn't recommend it to anyone
with a family..
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