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US Farmers Harvest Amid Trade, Impeachment Uncertainty

Kane Farabaugh

   CAMERON, ILL. - A sunny and warm October day outside Coleman, Illinois,
   is a welcome sight for farmer Jared Kunkle, who is eager to begin
   harvesting corn and soybean crops.

   Inclement weather has been a problem this growing season, as he
   explained to a group of farmers from Brazil who recently visited the
   area.

   "When I tell them we've had a half a day to work in May, they are just
   blown away," Kunkle said. "We had a half of day ... in the entire month
   of May to plant."

   That's because many parts of the Midwest United States experienced
   continuous soaking rain during prime planting season, forcing many
   farmers to put seeds into the ground late, or in some instances, not at
   all.

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