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NewsSeptember 24, 2012
Rice harvest
Heath Burger and his family harvest their 270 acres of rice Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012 off of Route AB in Cape Girardeau County. This was the first year the family has grown rice, and is the only rice farm in Cape Girardeau County. The combine holds 325 bushels. The rice harvest is transported to a grain bin in Benton, Mo. where it will dry out until January or February before it is sold.
Laura Simon
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Heath Burger navigates the combine through his family's 270 acres of rice Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012 off of Route AB in Cape Girardeau County. This was the first year the family has grown rice, and is the only rice farm in Cape Girardeau County. The combine holds 325 bushels. The rice harvest is transported to a grain bin in Benton, Mo. where it will dry out until January or February before it is sold.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Heath Burger navigates the combine through his family's 270 acres of rice Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012 off of Route AB in Cape Girardeau County. This was the first year the family has grown rice, and is the only rice farm in Cape Girardeau County. The combine holds 325 bushels. The rice harvest is transported to a grain bin in Benton, Mo. where it will dry out until January or February before it is sold.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com The combine sweeps across the rice field Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012 off of Route AB in Cape Girardeau County.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com The combine sweeps across the rice field Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012 off of Route AB in Cape Girardeau County.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Rice from the field pours into the back of the combine during harvest Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012 off of Route AB in Cape Girardeau County.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Rice from the field pours into the back of the combine during harvest Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012 off of Route AB in Cape Girardeau County.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Heath Burger navigates the combine through his family's 270 acres of rice Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012 off of Route AB in Cape Girardeau County. This was the first year the family has grown rice, and is the only rice farm in Cape Girardeau County. The combine holds 325 bushels. The rice harvest is transported to a grain bin in Benton, Mo. where it will dry out until January or February before it is sold.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Heath Burger navigates the combine through his family's 270 acres of rice Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012 off of Route AB in Cape Girardeau County. This was the first year the family has grown rice, and is the only rice farm in Cape Girardeau County. The combine holds 325 bushels. The rice harvest is transported to a grain bin in Benton, Mo. where it will dry out until January or February before it is sold.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Rice is loaded into a transport truck Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012 off of Route AB in Cape Girardeau County.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Rice is loaded into a transport truck Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012 off of Route AB in Cape Girardeau County.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Heath Burger unloads 325 bushels of rice from his combine Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012 off of Route AB in Cape Girardeau County.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Heath Burger unloads 325 bushels of rice from his combine Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012 off of Route AB in Cape Girardeau County.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Heath Burger navigates the combine through his family's 270 acres of rice Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012 off of Route AB in Cape Girardeau County. This was the first year the family has grown rice, and is the only rice farm in Cape Girardeau County. The combine holds 325 bushels. The rice harvest is transported to a grain bin in Benton, Mo. where it will dry out until January or February before it is sold.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Heath Burger navigates the combine through his family's 270 acres of rice Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012 off of Route AB in Cape Girardeau County. This was the first year the family has grown rice, and is the only rice farm in Cape Girardeau County. The combine holds 325 bushels. The rice harvest is transported to a grain bin in Benton, Mo. where it will dry out until January or February before it is sold.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Rice pours out of the combine Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012 off of Route AB in Cape Girardeau County.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Rice pours out of the combine Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012 off of Route AB in Cape Girardeau County.
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Heath Burger and his family harvest their 270 acres of rice Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012 off of Route AB in Cape Girardeau County. This was the first year the family has grown rice, and is the only rice farm in Cape Girardeau County. The combine holds 325 bushels. The rice harvest is transported to a grain bin in Benton, Mo. where it will dry out until January or February before it is sold.

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