Harvest
According to USDA’s final crop progress report of the season, 96% of corn has been harvested — a 3% increase from last week.
Indiana farmer Russ Radtke celebrates his ag roots while building a legacy on the football field as the second-winningest high school football coach in state history.
At 96 years young, Paul Dotterer still runs the chopper during harvest season on his family’s dairy farm - and he enjoys every minute of it.
According to USDA’s crop progress report, 93% of corn has been harvested so far – an increase 5% from this time last week.
According to USDA’s crop progress report, 88% of corn and 95% of soybeans have been harvested so far.
Despite the weather extremes Indiana farmers faced during the season, USDA is estimating statewide yields will be above 2022 for both corn and soybeans. So far harvest results are confirming that trend.
Here’s how and why you need to clean your combine after harvest and before you park it for the winter.
According to USDA’s crop progress report, 81% of corn and 91% of soybeans have been harvested so far.
From mid-September through October, thousands of pumpkin enthusiasts visit Siemers Farm in eastern Washington. Owner Burt Westover says they plant 53,000 seeds by hand each year and end up with 350,000 pounds of pumpkin.
Drought hit farmers hard in Minnesota this season, so farmers are finding mixed results at harvest. Many are disappointed with soybeans but say their corn yields are better than expected.
According to USDA’s crop progress report, 71% of corn and 85% of soybeans have been harvested so far, which is considerably ahead of the five-year average.
With drought and heat stress in Iowa this season corn and soybean yields are variable, but not that far off of 2022.
According to USDA’s crop progress report, 59% of corn and 76% of soybeans have been harvested so far.
It’s a tale of two crops in South Dakota with corn yields exceeding expectations while soybeans missed those late season rains and have been overall disappointing.
According to USDA’s crop progress report, 45% of corn and 62% of soybeans have been harvested so far this year.
The 2023 harvest could be one of the fastest ever for some farmers in Illinois with the late dryness. Despite growing conditions that mirrored past drought years like 2012, many say the crop is better than expected.
Harvest progress on soybeans nearly doubled from last week and corn progress is ahead of the five-year average.
Harvest is rolling along in Nebraska with 22% of the corn combined and 29% of the soybeans out of the field. Early harvest results are variable as you might expect in a year of drought.
Nearly a quarter of corn and soybeans have been harvested for 2023.
A calibrated monitor usually does a good job of telling you where yield is changing in a field within a hybrid, but it may not tell you exactly how one hybrid is yielding against another.
Roughly 60% of work-related deaths on ATVs involve agriculture. This harvest season, as teams gopher from one field to the next, here are some safety considerations to help stay off the incident report.
Corn harvest in Missouri is at 28% complete, with soybean harvest at only 4%. While Missouri was hit by drought this year which will cut yield average, some areas are bucking that trend.
USDA’s weekly crop progress report shows harvest progress slightly behind average for corn and soybeans.
Specialists from Bane-Welker Equipment and Co-Alliance share adjustments to make during harvest to set up for a successful planting season.
Kansas faced drought again in 2023 but as the combines roll there are some farmers that are still finding some pleasant surprises.
Farmers have learned to live by one of life’s biggest lessons – always expect the unexpected. But sometimes even the unexpected can still cause us to pause and scratch our heads.
Water levels on the Mississippi River haven’t hit the historic lows of October 2022 yet, but readings in some areas are already lower than at the same time last year. This is a real concern heading into harvest.
Your annual harvest goal: Get grain out of the field in good condition. But what about how well that grain holds up in storage?
Three safety tips to follow near power lines and railroad crossings this fall.
No combine works perfectly in all crops under all conditions. That’s why there are so many options and accessories for combines and headers. Here’s a list of harvest issues, along with products to help cure them.