Northern Minnesota Corn Setting New Expectations

Corn harvest is nearly complete in the Crookston, Minnesota area. Kevin Capistran says yields have been exceptional, with fields performing well for a second straight year. “Amazingly good corn crop yield-wise, moisture has been kind of stubborn here with all the wet weather, but we’re getting it through the dryer, getting it put away.” Capistran says the back-to-back high yields are changing what’s possible for farmers in northern Minnesota. “If this area consistently produces over 200-bushel corn, it’s going to change the dynamics of what we’re doing going forward because this is two stellar years in a row for corn up in this area, this far north.”