As farmers continue to harvest fields, the reality of the summer drought is hitting the tri-states. The drought gets the blame for the poor corn crop, but some farmers are hoping their soybean crop can pull through. "I expected maybe 40 bushel off this field here, and its maybe half of that if Im lucky," farmer Kent Prather said. Wednesday is Prathers third day shelling corn. He says hes seeing different results depending on the type of soil in his fields, but none of the yields are high. "Its been up and its been down," Prather said. "Weve had some better than expected yields, and where were at now is below any kind of an average."
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