Dry Bean Harvest Nears Finish

Harvest is close to wrapping up for dry beans in northeast North Dakota, though wet conditions have slowed progress. Johnstown Bean Company General Manager Dylan Karley says farmers are still finishing the last few fields. “It’s been a slow kind of a walk to the finish line as opposed to a sprint. We’ve been fairly wet here for the past two and a half weeks, kind of ongoing so it’s been a bit sporadic trying to get the last five to ten percent in the bin.” Karley says recent rain and disease pressure trimmed yields in some fields, but overall quality has held up well.