Madrid Iowa Orchard Owners Stand Against a Counterfeit Prophecy for Two Thousand Twenty Six

He reached out and took the paper with two fingers, squinting at the columns of numbers before tossing it onto his passenger seat.

“These state labs are notoriously underfunded, Aunt Clara,” he said, resting his elbow on the window frame. “They use outdated testing methods from thirty years ago.”

“This is the official state registry,” I said. “They continue reading …