Managing for Profit

The long-term impacts of field fires

Dry, windy conditions across much of the corn belt this harvest season have heightened risk for combine and field fires. While fires cause immediate losses to equipment and crops, there are long term production losses to consider a well.

In this Managing for Profit, South Dakota State University Extension Agronomy Field Specialist Ruth Beck explain field fire prevention methods, long term losses and steps to take after a fire.