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Ohio agronomist says crops are better than expected

Harvest is in full swing in the eastern corn belt. DEKALB Asgrow Technical Agronomist Roy Ulrich says crops are better than expected considering the wet spring and the drought-like conditions this summer.

“Yields are better than expected, but we have some areas that are probably below average for yields,” he says. “It’s a little bit of a mixed bag on what we’ve got it just depends on where you go.”

Advice he has for growers is to prioritize fields for harvest.

“With the stress we went through I probably wouldn’t be sitting around just waiting for crops to field dry because it’s probably a little drier than what guys are expecting and you never know when mother nature is going to flip the switch and we’re going to go back to cold and wet and unkind harvest conditions,” he says.

Ulrich is based in Ohio.

Audio: Roy Ulrich, DEKALB Asgrow