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Ideal year for soybeans in southwest Michigan

A southwest Michigan farmer says he hasn’t had to irrigate as much this season because of timely rains.

Todd Green farms 1,200 acres of corn and soybeans in Hopkins.

“We’ve gotten some really timely rains and we’ve gotten some really nice amounts of rains so when it came, it couldn’t have come any nicer,” he shares.

Green says recently he’s started to grow just one commodity each season.  This year is soybeans.

“What is very interesting about this year is there is very little disease, no fungicide problems, just nothing,” he says.

Green expects to start harvest in about two more weeks. He was the host farmer for this year’s MSUE Soybean Harvest Field Day.