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Recent rain saved the soybean crop
Up until a week ago, Preble County Ohio farmer Don Jackson wasn’t so sure about his 2014 soybean crop, but Don says a two inch rain last week saved his soybeans.
“They looked good all year, but they were running out of moisture,” Jackson said. “With that rain last week I think our bean crop is going to be pretty phenomenal this year, like I said, we got the rain that probably added 15-20 bushels per acre on the beans.”
And the corn crop is shaping up to be even better than last year, which Don says he’s having a hard time believing.
“The ear maybe doesn’t look that big until you pull it back and there’s like two more extra rows of kernels in that ear,” said the Preble County farmer. “And then our kernel depth, and then out weather, our cool weather we had it’s really going to be a deep, heavy kernel this year, so that will definitely add to the yield.”
Jackson was at the Seed Consultants field day near Washington Court House, Ohio on Thursday, August 28.
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