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Weather issues lead to uneven harvest results

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A southeast Minnesota farmer says weather issues throughout the growing season have led to uneven results during harvest.

Ed McNamara of Goodhue tells Brownfield soybean yields were extremely variable and he’s seeing the same thing in corn.

“We thought we were going to get off to a really good start because we were able to plant corn in April, which we hadn’t done in probably six or seven years.  And about Mother’s Day weekend, there was a frost that dinged some of the corn.”

He tells Brownfield the frost damaged leaf tissue on many plants, but did not hit the growing point.

Then on June 10th, a hail storm struck the area.

“Took our soybean stands down by a third (and) probably took our corn stand down at least 10 to 15 percent.”

And on July fifth, his farm suffered through a thunderstorm with 100-plus mile per hour straight-line winds.

“As you’re going across the fields, the corn that was frosted and hailed actually regenerated another stalk.  And that ear is about the size of a pop can.”

McNamara says corn yields have ranged from 112 to 210 bushels per acre, and soybeans were anywhere from the high 40’s to mid-60’s.

 

 

 

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