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Yields mostly dependent on moisture as soybean harvest nears finish line

Yields are largely dependent on moisture as soybean harvest nears the finish line in Minnesota.

South Central College farm management instructor Wayne Schoper says soil type has played a key role as much of the state suffered from drought this summer.

“If you got some of that late August rain, starting around the 20th to 25th and heading into September, that really seemed to top those soybeans off. Where they’re good, they are really good (with) 60 to 70 bushel yields. Where we had limited moisture, now we’re in the 30’s and 40’s.”

The latest weekly crop report shows Minnesota’s soybean harvest has eclipsed 80 percent.

Schoper tells Brownfield corn yields are also quite variable.

“Reports of 200 (up to) 240 (bushels per acre), anecdotal stuff. Some of the test plot results are reflecting that too. But of course, we know there’s (also) significant downed corn out there.”

He says that’s making corn harvest more of a challenge, and Schoper expects a lot of crop insurance claims across southern Minnesota.

Schoper made these comments last week during Brownfield affiliate KNUJ’s Farm Forum.

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