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Associated Press - November 8, 2009 12:25 PM ET
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Record and near-record corn and soybean crops sit in area fields tantalizing farmers.
The problem is that in many places, it's been too wet to get at them.
A cool, damp summer delayed the growing season.
Then, as farmers prepared to harvest moisture-laden crops, heavy rains made a bad situation worse.
Wolsey-area farmer Bill Chase says he's never had to dry soybeans before -- until now.
In a normal year, about 95 percent of soybeans and 55 percent of corn already would already be out of the fields. This year, only half of the soybeans and 12 percent of the corn have been harvested.
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