CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Tom Folz drives around on a sunny, August afternoon and surveys the thousands of acres of dark green, leafy soybean plants and tall stalks of corn he grows on his sprawling farm in Christian County, Kentucky.

At 54, Folz has wispy, white hair matching his white mustache. It's taken him several long work weeks to get his crop to where it is today.

"You got to be a little bit 'off' to be a farmer," Folz said. "You don't get to enjoy anything during harvest and planting season because we're working."

He said his crop has grown well, which is something not all farmers here...