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Michigan harvest coming to an end

 

Rain and snow has brought much of Michigan’s harvest to a halt.

The USDA says less than three days were suitable for fieldwork last week. Corn is now 79 percent harvested for grain, five percent behind last year and the five year average.  Soybean harvest is 91 percent complete, also five percent behind average.

Mark Seamon with the Michigan Soybean Promotion Committee tells Brownfield Michigan’s soybean crop was either harvested too dry at the beginning of the season or too wet at the end.  “We had low grain moistures for a lot of soybeans that were harvested early.  In some cases we were down to an eight to ten percent moisture content.”  Michigan soybean production is projected to average 45 bushels per acre.

Sugarbeet growers were again kept out of fields with wet soil conditions, 95 percent of the crop is now harvested, slightly behind average. The winter wheat crop is starting to show moisture stress in some areas with condition declining seven points to 72 percent good to excellent.

AUDIO: Interview with Mark Seamon