<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0pqr1Z_1GqpNlPP00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0pqr1Z_1GqpNlPP00" width="1200" height="600" >MT. CRAWFORD, Va. (WHSV) - After an uncertain beginning to the growing season due to early drought conditions, farmers were apprehensive as they planted their crops. But with consistent rain beginning in July, that apprehension soon shifted to relief.Despite the slow start, farmers are reporting above-average corn yields. Virginia is seeing an average of 167 bushels per acre, and the Valley average is exceeding that.Clay Greene is a farmer in Augusta County who’s seen the harvest firsthand.“Where I harvest, from, say, central Augusta County to southern Rockingham County, I’ve seen anything from that 150 bushel mark to numbers hit closer to 300 a few times,” Greene said. “I wouldn’t say that most crops are bumper crops per se, but I’d say they’re definitely doing a little above average, and I don’t think we can complain about that with a year that started off the way this did.”Greene says well-timed summer rain wasn’t the only factor. In anticipation of an extended dry stretch, farmers also planted several varieties of corn that were more resistant to dry conditions.</div></body>

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MT. CRAWFORD, Va. (WHSV) - After an uncertain beginning to the growing season due to early drought conditions, farmers were apprehensive as they planted their crops. But with consistent rain beginning in July, that apprehension soon shifted to relief. Despite the slow start, farmers are reporting above-average corn yields. Virginia...

Despite a dry start, corn yields are exceeding expectations

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MT. CRAWFORD, Va. (WHSV) - After an uncertain beginning to the growing season due to early drought conditions, farmers were apprehensive as they planted th

Despite a dry start, corn yields are exceeding expectations

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