National Ag News
Harvest push reveals pleasant surprises for Minnesota farmers
Oct 23, 2017, 12:42 PM
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A respite from wet weather has farmers in southern Minnesota catching up on harvest and finding some pleasant surprises.
Farm management analyst Kent Thiesse says soybean yields are ranging from the mid-50’s to low 60’s with better uniformity than a year ago.
“Last year we had a lot of drown-out areas from excess rainfall. The other good news is the corn that’s out in the field is drying down in this nice weather as well, which will help save on drying costs.”
Because of rain earlier this month, some farmers switched to harvesting corn.
