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Farmers in the Midwest are behind on planting. That could mean lower yields come harvest.

by Kai Ryssdal and Andie Corban

May 19, 2022

Iowa corn and soybean farmer April Hemmes is "at least two and a half weeks" behind due to wet weather.

"That's farming, buddy!" says April Hemmes, a corn and soybean farmer, in the face of drought in her home state of Iowa.

Ben Hethcoat/Marketplace

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Secretary of the Future

For our future, someone has to think about dirt

by Annie Baxter

Mar 29, 2016

Growing so much corn and soybean puts water supplies at risk.

Farmers are trying to mitigate nitrate pollution from fertilizers and soil erosion in their production practices. But some say we need to shift away from corn and soybean production as the nation's biggest crops to other, more sustainable ones.

Annie Baxter/Marketplace

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