Plano, Illinois, farmer Bill Wykes has been behind the wheel of a tractor for almost four decades, planting and harvesting corn and soybeans on land his family has owned even longer.

在伊利诺斯州普莱诺，农民比尔·怀克斯开拖拉机已经近40年了，在这片家族长期拥有的土地上，他播种并收获玉米和大豆。

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Monsanto said the soybean will boost yields by between 7 percent and 11 percent (between 3.5 and 5.5 bushels per acre) for an average farmer in Illinois.

孟山都公司表示，这种大豆可将伊利诺斯州一个普通豆农的单位产量提高7 - 11%(每英亩3.5 - 5.5蒲式耳)。

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Illinois farmer Robert Provin was sitting on the bumper of his car, eyeing a wormy ear of corn.

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"This is black sand, " said ten-year tour veteran and Illinois farmer Byron Jones approvingly, toeing the ground of an Indiana field.

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Jeff Scates, a farmer in Southern Illinois, said about 75% of his family's farm was underwater last spring, and he didn't finish planting his corn crop until early June.

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