DECORAH, Iowa – A northeast Iowa farmer was charged with stealing $175,000 in corn and soybeans from other farmers’ grain bins, driving the truckloads to elevators, selling the crops, and pocketing the proceeds. Charged with ongoing criminal conduct and theft was Kurt Patrick Krauskopf, 47, who has a Decorah address. The criminal complaint says the thefts were in 2023. Krauskopf also was charged with chopping $8,500 worth of corn for silage on roughly eight acres belonging to another farmer.
