Take a drive down country roads in the Corn Belt, and you don't need a USDA report to tell you farmers have been harvesting bumper crops and investing in grain storage.

For instance, Illinois on-farm corn stocks have almost tripled from September 2014 to September 2015, and on-farm storage of soybeans is up a staggering 520%. 

The situation is similar in other corn- and soybean-producing states

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In today's show I sit down with Bret Haas who is a farmer but is also the CEO of Crop Copter a company that makes and sells drones primarily for farmers. We talk about the cost and uselfulness of drone technology on your farm and address some ways it might save you money in tight times.

Farmers' Big Grain Gamble

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