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DES MOINES, Iowa — Tall stalks obstructing drivers’ views are a fall hazard in the Corn Belt, but the danger could be greater as farmers seek to cash in on higher prices by expanding their fields closer to the edge of roads.
With corn commanding twice what it did last year, farmers from Pennsylvania to the Dakotas have tried to plant as much as possible. In some cases, that means farmers have planted right up to the gravel in remote areas.
A Nebraska man was killed last week when a pickup truck struck the four-wheeler he was driving on a rural road.
York County Sheriff Dale Radcliff said he believes tall corn that blocked the view contributed to the crash that killed Steven Siebert, 61, of Henderson, Neb.
