Another crop progress report from the Corn King: Harvest moon over Wrigley

Much like American farmers’ harvesting efforts this fall, I’m behind on posting fresh crop updates here. Unlike the farmers, I don’t really have a good excuse.

As Chicagoans know, our year-long monsoon season resumed again in October. That kept combines parked in their sheds most of the month, and as a result, the U.S. harvest is running far behind the usual pace.

Up on the roof, as you can see, my corn and soybeans remain standing, but are otherwise deader than Reagan.

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