The combine rolls through another field in southwest Ohio, harvesting slightly below-average-yield corn after a season that started with too much rain and ended with too little.
Behind the wheel isn't just any farmer — it's the new president of the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA), a small operator who never imagined he'd be representing more than half a million corn farmers across the country.
"It's an honor and a little humbling for a small operator to serve at this level," said Jed Bower of Washington Court House. He raises corn and soybeans with his wife, Emily, and children on their fifth-generation family farm in south-central Ohio.
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