Gary Letterly, Energy and Environment Stewardship Educator for the University of Illinois Extension Christian County, was a recent guest on the WTIM Farm Show with local farm broadcaster Jared White. Letterly says there is a reason a commodity like tropical maize is grown in a non-tropical climate like Illinois:
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The WTIM local farm show with Jared White airs every weekday at 6:40am and 12:20pm.