Lack of rain impacting southwest Iowa producer

Lack of rain impacting southwest Iowa producer

Southwest Iowa farmer Duane Aistrope says the drought has been worse than 2012.

“This year, we just can’t seem to get a rain. The corn is going to be short, a lot of short corn. It’s going to be close to tasseling before too long. We need a drink. That’s for sure.”

He tells Brownfield it’s also impacting his cattle business.

“I started feeding hay to cattle on my cow/calf operation.