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By Ty Higgins, Ohio Ag Net
Last week I had the opportunity to be a part of the Pro Farmer Midwest Crop Tour. This tour is 4 solid days of scouting corn and bean fields from Ohio to the Dakotas and I saw firsthand that it is as bad out there as you are hearing. I took plenty of pictures, did some interviews and shot some video to try to give you the best view possible from my vantage point. Here is a recap of my trip.
This was the longest I have been away from home since my kids were born. They always have a little bit of a hard time when I pack my bags, but we have found a way to narrow the distance when I am gone.
Every time I hit the road, I get a stuffed animal to take along for the ride. That toy goes everywhere I go and I take pictures of it in the stangest places and send them back home to my kids. They love it and I have to admit that I get a kick out of it too.
For this particular trip, I was given Ducky by my son. I wanted to share some of the adventures that Ducky and I had throughout the week.
Ducky was a heck of a crop scout! Here he is checking out an Ohio corn field early on during Day 1 of the Pro Farmer Crop Tour.
That's a tuckered Duck taking it easy in Fishers, Indiana after day 1 was complete.
Nothing like a sunrise over an Indiana soybean field, if you ask Ducky.
Time for lunch at a great diner in rural Indiana
This is where I got a bit jealous. I know I have a face for radio but come on...a duck on Ag Day talking about the crop tour??
Ducky had mixed feelings about the windmill farm. They are pretty cool and useful, but dangerous for a duck.
Ducky couldn't think of a better way to cap of a long and grueling crop tour than with a chocolate milkshake.
