A Day In The Fields With A Hoosier Farmer During Harvest

Brock E.W. Turner

Harvest season is underway, a bit earlier than usual.

A lot of farmers are looking at record corn and soybean yields, but demand has fallen because of Chinese tariffs.

Indiana Newsdesk's chief videographer Steve Burns and reporter Brock Turner spent a day in the fields with Clay County farmer Josh Butt to see how being put in the crosshairs of the trade war is affecting farmers.

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