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Soybean harvest underway for Minnesota farmer

The 2017 soybean harvest is underway for a farmer south of the Twin Cities.

Brent Mohn of Lakeville says the field being combined Friday was planted the 15th of May.

“The soybeans we’re in today definitely got hit by some white mold.  They’re still yielding fair.  We’re kind of floating in the 50 range.  You get into some of the pockets where there wasn’t white mold (and) they’re pushing the mid-70’s.”

He tells Brownfield soybean moisture climbed from 12 to 14 percent because of late-week heat and humidity.

“We’ve got probably another 150 acres that’ll go either through the weekend, or depending when it rains coming up on Monday.”

And Mohn says his corn crop looks healthy, but will take some time to dry down.

“It’s green.  The plant health is really good still.  It’s definitely delayed some.  Kernel maturity is coming along, but the plants are still real green.”

Corn development in Minnesota is running more than a week behind the five-year average.