Excellent Corn Yields Reported

Harvest is wrapping up across southeastern North Dakota, though some corn remains in the field as farmers wait for it to dry. Havana area farmer Joe Breker says storage and moisture are the biggest challenges right now. “Bins are full. Corn is hanging onto its moisture a little bit, so it’s a little tougher to deal with these tail-end bushels,” said Breker. “A lot of it is either standing in the field waiting for some more dry down or going to the elevators to pay for drying.” Soybean yields have been highly variable, depending on drainage and rainfall. “If you had well-drained fields and missed out on one of those showers this summer, you had above-average beans. If you caught that extra rain, those fields were probably half. There’s some variability, but for the most part, the corn yields are excellent, probably best ever.”