The harvest ritual is in full swing across the Farm Belt.
Farmers are hard at work in the fields.
Traffic jams can occur on rural roadways, as grain-laden wagons make their way to the local elevator. Many farms are reaping an above average bounty. Unfortunately, depressed marketplace conditions dampened prospects for profitability this year in American agriculture. And the cash should be in the farmers' pockets by Thanksgiving Day. For the second year in a row, the federal government has stepped in to bolster sagging farm income.