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Soybean harvest behind schedule in southwest Minnesota
An agronomist in western Minnesota does not expect the bulk of soybean harvest to begin until October.
Harmon Wilts with Dekalb/Asgrow says planting delays this spring and abnormally cool summer weather have slowed crop development in his area.
“Normally right now we would be combining soybeans (and) would be going fairly strong actually. If we take a look at it, a lot of the soybeans have really just started turning yellow in the last week to 10 days. Normally when you first start to see them turn yellow, it’s about three weeks before you’re really combining under normal conditions.”
He tells Brownfield farmers are concerned about the possibility of fewer days to dry down crops.
“Your window of opportunity to combine beans narrows down to just a few hours a day instead of an entire day.”
Wilts says soybean maturity in southwest Minnesota is about ten days behind where it should be as fall begins.
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