If you drive south on Iowa's County Road K42 off Highway 20 and look to your right just before you get to 190th, you'll see cornstalks at the corners of the field.
That's my land. Every year I negotiate two contracts with my renter: one for the use of the ground, and one for the corn he leaves at the corners.
When I moved with my wife and two daughters to Sioux City in 1985 I knew nothing about how America produces food.
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