Andrew Perry unloads a hopper of soybeans

By Courtesy of Andrew Perry

January 29, 2013 | 9:07 p.m. CST

Andrew Perry unloads a hopper of soybeans with a John Deer tractor at his family farm last year. The drought of 2012 made growing a crop difficult, Perry said, and a full hopper of soybeans was rare.

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