27 OCTOBER 2019 - POLK CITY, IOWA: A farmer harvests corn near Polk City, Iowa. Iowa farmers have been weeks behind schedule through most of the 2019 growing season. A cold, wet spring across most of the state delayed planting by about 2 weeks. A historically wet October has pushed the harvest of soybeans and corn by up 3 weeks. Central Iowa normally gets about 2.6 inches of rain in October, this year central Iowa has received about  7.3 inches of rain. This year has been the wettest year on record in Iowa. Farmers have also been contending with low prices, brought on by trade war between the US and China. The Chinese government put retaliatory tariffs on US agricultural products, including corn, soybeans, and pork, all important Iowa agricultural products.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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