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Record soybean yields for eastern Iowa farmer

Harvest has wrapped up for eastern Iowa farmer Dave Walton and he says his soybean crop was one for the record books.

“Coming into fall we thought we had a pretty good bean crop, and we did,” he said. “We probably had our best soybean crop that we have ever raised.”

He tells Brownfield Mother Nature cooperated on his side of the state. “August is when beans are made,” Walton said. “We had perfect conditions for them, just enough moisture, and plenty of sunshine. It also never really got too hot for them. I think that’s why we got such a good bean crop.”

Walton says he also had an above-average corn crop.