Photo: #This field of corn on the Kyle VanDyke farm near Leota in southwest Minnesota is already turning brown from the lack of rain.
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This field of corn on the Kyle VanDyke farm near Leota in southwest Minnesota is already turning brown from the lack of rain. (MPR photo/Mark Steil)

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Report show corn, soybean crops declining slowly

by Mark Steil, Minnesota Public Radio
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WORTHINGTON, Minn. — A report released this afternoon shows continued slow decline in Minnesota's corn and soybean crops because of dry weather. The harvests bring more than $10 billion annually into Minnesota's economy.

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