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Yields surprising in western Illinois

Even though it’s very dry in western Illinois, Phil Bradshaw’s corn and soybean yields are better than he would have guessed.

“We are down from last year; we’re down considerably from two years ago, but our yields on our corn look like they’re going to be someplace in the 150-160 [bushel per acre] range, soybeans are 45-50 bushels to the acre,” Bradshaw told Brownfield Wednesday, “and that’s down from 55-60 bushels on soybeans and down about 20 bushels on corn.”

Bradshaw says months without precipitation tested his hybrids. On the other hand, so far, it’s resulted in an uninterrupted harvest.

“We have not had basically a measurable rain since the first of July,” said Bradshaw. “I don’t believe we’ve had over three-tenths of an inch of rain any one time since the first of July; we’ve had no rain, we’ve combined corn or beans every day since the last week of August, never missed a day.”

Bradshaw also says he’s avoided using a grain dryer this season.

AUDIO: Phil Bradshaw (2 min. MP3)

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