In northeastern South Dakota, farmer Bob Metz is busy with soybeans, with harvest at about 40 percent complete. “We’re pretty lucky, because the worst fields we have are yielding around the low 40s, but most of the fields are at 50 and 60 bushels per acre. That’s better than average in our part of the state. Further south, the soybeans are yielding 30-to-40 bushels per acre. We were week-to-week on rains, not getting more than one inch of rain at once all summer. If farmers missed one or two of those rains, their crop really got hurt.” Metz also says corn is making good progress, well ahead of last year. “Corn is in the low to mid 20s for moisture, with nice yields and decent test weight.”
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