It was a good weekend for the soybean harvest. Dekalb Asgrow Technical Agronomist Grant Mehring is excited about the soybean yields, especially in the northern Red River Valley. Corn is also starting to come off. “The corn harvest will probably be a little faster than we thought,” said Mehring. “In some fields, the corn is drying down quite fast. I’ve shelled corn samples of 20-to-21 percent.” The early-planted corn or the crop on light ground are more susceptible to the rapid drydown. “Hand-shell a few samples and push on a few corn stalks, you’ll get a pretty good sense of the integrity of that stalk.” The more brittle corn stalks should be prioritized for harvest.
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