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Fickle weather creates field challenges

Tim Kenyon
May 29, 2026
May 29, 2026

Lightning strikes in field near barn — American Farm Bureau Federation

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A series of recent storms rumbled through the Heartland causing damage through chunks of Iowa, Illinois and Missouri.

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