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Farmers delivering corn find bottlenecks at local elevators

Farmers in some parts of the Corn Belt are running into bottlenecks delivering grain to their elevators.

Southwest Minnesota farmer Matt Widboom says what’s left of the harvest season is sure to be a grind in his area.

“With the amount of space shrinking at the elevator.  It’s been interesting talking to fellow farmers during that wet spell, the number that were hauling old crop corn to town.  They were getting their bins empty late.”

He tells Brownfield frequent rains have also forced many growers to harvest corn at less than ideal moisture levels.

“A number of bushels coming in at that 19 percent that’s having to be dried or going right to an outside pile.”

The harvest pace for corn in Minnesota is more than two weeks behind normal.

Nationally, corn harvest was at 54 percent to begin the week. The five-year average is 72 percent.