Harvest is nearly complete across southwest Minnesota, where farmers are seeing some of their best yields in years. Worthington farmer Bill Gordon says both corn and soybean yields are well above average. “You get east of us closer to Jackson, you’re looking 230 to 250 (bushels per acre) in corn, a lot of high 60s, 70s on beans, a few 80s, but mostly in the 60s and 70s,” said Gordon. “Around Worthington, you saw a lot of that give or take 60-bushel soybeans. I think we ran out of water right at the end.” Corn yields are estimated in the 200 to 230 bushel per acre acre range, “probably 20 bushels above our average.” Storage space is now tight as farmers bring in large crops. “Every bin in the countryside is full. The elevators are all piling corn,” said Gordon. “You can drive down Highway 60 or even south into Iowa, and there’s a lot of corn outside.”
