but this year theamerican soybean association incoming president knows yieldsare going to be down. for at "so our corn crop was about 80bueshels an acre higher than our aph history however our soybeansare probably going to be 5-10 bushels per acre lower than whattheir aph yield history has been." despite the challengesthis growing season, wilkins is living his dream. "it's my dreamprofession. always has been since i was a yound child." thewilkins family has worked the soil along the east coast sinceimmigrating here from europe decades ago. "until it hit mewhen my father i was sixteen years old and he sat me down andhe said if your ambition is to be a farmer...i would want youto do something else but if your ambition is to be a farmer youhave to figure out a way to do it on your own." and that's whathe did. "the first 3 acres i rented as an ffa projectsoybeans was the crop i grew there." renting ground, growingand diversifying the operation. "i had other career choices icould have taken that mostly likely would have given me thesame or more income working passion and this was my lov