Illinois farmers ready to hear governor's drought plan

Monday, July 16, 2012

ST. LOUIS -- With a half-century of farming under his belt, James Laird struggles to recall a summer worse than this one -- the drought has turned the corn crop he once had high hopes for into a complete, kernel-less bust. Soon, he'll be chopping it all to pieces and feeding it to his 150 head of cattle.

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