HART COUNTY, Ky. — Matt Adams finds peace in his soybean fields during harvest season, even when Mother Nature doesn't cooperate.

"When everything's going right, it's relaxing," Adams said from the cab of his combine.

But this year, everything isn't going right. A moderate drought has left many of his soybeans in Hart County, Kentucky, undersized.

"One just didn't quite make it... that's probably more of what we'd like to see, or maybe even a little bigger," Adams said, examining the small beans. "Then we've got a lot like that this year that are just small."

The poor yield is just one challenge in a series of pressures squeezing Kentucky farmers. The other pressures include drought, tariffs and rising costs for seed, feed and fertilizer.

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