Source: CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 11/19/17

Sue Hanson was still in bed when she heard the familiar sound of the John Deeres maneuvering onto the Hemp family farm in Ashkum, a small community about 80 miles southwest of Chicago. Bright headlights guided each of the tractors and combines into 8-foot-high stalks of corn ready for harvest.
"They're early," Hanson remembers thinking, knowing she'd have to finish fixing the three-bean bake, cheesy potatoes, pulled pork and Italian beef before noon for the farmers who were trying to reap the corn before the rain came. 

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