Harvest
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.
If your combine monitor is showing a wide range of yields in the field, Ken Ferrie says to investigate. Evaluate soybean stand, pod set and bean size while there’s agronomic evidence.
Ken Ferrie offers five practical agronomic tips you can use during harvest this fall. These practices can help you improve corn performance and yield outcomes across your farm.
According to USDA’s crop progress report, 45% of corn and 62% of soybeans have been harvested so far this year.
Every experience is a learning experience — even when a combine is stuck in a gully.
Weather woes took a huge bite out of corn yield potential this season, especially in northeast Iowa and parts of western Illinois. Where farmers got timely rains, the yield reports coming in are not as wide-ranging.
Harvest progress on soybeans nearly doubled from last week and corn progress is ahead of the five-year average.
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.
Fall is a great time for farmers to plant cover crops to improve soil health.