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USDA reports that heavy rain from southern Missouri to Indiana could lead to additional flooding and fieldwork delays.
With cool conditions and precipitation spreading across the Midwest, farmers are keeping a close eye on corn, and especially, soybean fields.
It’s full steam ahead for many farmers to finish 2020 harvest before Thanksgiving. While droughty conditions have enabled a faster harvest, they’ve also created wide swings in yield based on maturity and geography.
There are always variances in yield and moisture across crop fields. This is due to topography, soil type and other management factors. However, this year wide spreads in moisture content will present challenges.
The first two of 16 U.S. Crop Watch fields were harvested last week, though for the most part, the producers report that harvest activity has been on the lighter side and will likely ramp up in the coming days.
At this point, is it worth the risk of tearing up fields to gather the grain only to spend money to dry the crops? Should you instead take the gamble of in-field loss and just leave the crops until next spring.
Snow is blanketing much of the U.S., which adds more complexity to an already-challenging harvest. Leaving corn and soybeans standing in fields over winter puts you at greater risk of yield loss in-field.