Farmers feeling wet weather

Old benchmark for corn is no longer what farmers are looking for on Fourth

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In the '40s and '50s, farmers in Grundy County were happy to have their corn knee high by the Fourth of July, today's farmers are used to their corn being chest or neck high by the holiday. Yet most are lucky to be hitting the old benchmark.

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