After a day of custom harvesting, Matt, Kelly, and Andy get back on some of their good corn and harvest some variety plots. Matt talks about the results and how the hybrids performed. Later, when shelling corn next to one of his doublecrop soybean fields, matt talks about how severe the drought is and how its affecting his crops. A breakdown on the cornhead brings a premature end to the day when Matt and Andy find some metal carnage inside a gear case.
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