April Hemmes

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Hello. It must be Jessica. Yes, it must be April. Yes, nice to meet you. So do you want a tour of the empire first? Yes, I would love.

Hello. It must be Jessica. Yes, it must be April. Yes, nice to meet you. So do you want a tour of the empire first? Yes, I would love.

So this is from way up there where you see those poles to down there, there's a creek down there. This is all... This is all you. Yeah, one of my fields. It was a cornfield last year, and then I will just go in and plant it in soybeans. And it's amazing to look at this now and then come back in August and they'll be, if weather permitting, they'll be waist high. And what will the crop look like?

So this is from way up there where you see those poles to down there, there's a creek down there. This is all... This is all you. Yeah, one of my fields. It was a cornfield last year, and then I will just go in and plant it in soybeans. And it's amazing to look at this now and then come back in August and they'll be, if weather permitting, they'll be waist high. And what will the crop look like?

Green, leafy, you know, waves. Waves. Waves of green soybeans, yes. But for me here in Iowa, it's usually April is go time. That's planting season. So right now I want to get these soybeans in the ground. I want to plant and we want to plan. The thing about the tariffs, it's hard to plan when they're out there looming, you know, what's going to happen.

Green, leafy, you know, waves. Waves. Waves of green soybeans, yes. But for me here in Iowa, it's usually April is go time. That's planting season. So right now I want to get these soybeans in the ground. I want to plant and we want to plan. The thing about the tariffs, it's hard to plan when they're out there looming, you know, what's going to happen.

Hi, April. Hi, how are you? You're sitting in a closet?

Hi, April. Hi, how are you? You're sitting in a closet?

Wow, that's all you can afford up there at the New York Times, huh? Wow.

Wow, that's all you can afford up there at the New York Times, huh? Wow.