in cropwatch, a in cropwatch, a grower from hancock county, indiana will be glad to close the books on this growing season. he says he had the " worst corn yields ever". the producer says he actually saw the yield monitor read zero, although there were lots of corn stalks. just no ears on the stalks. in new york state it appears apple orchards fared pretty well after last weekend's snow-storm. the state's apple association says the bulk of the state's crop is grown in areas which received little snow. 91- percent of the crop is picked. it's time for our weekly discussion about the markets. i'll be moving over and starting the conversation in two minutes. like many of you, john's trying to finish-up harvest. we stopped by his farm where he offers these comments about his role in the field. let us know what you think.... send emails to mailbag-at-u-s- farm-report- dot-com or call and leave us a voice mail. coming up in our next half hour - a california farmer tells us why not all candy needs to be made from chocolate. it can come from his trees. stay with us - the second half of u-s farm