Rolla, North Dakota farmer Doyle Lentz is completely done with fall harvest. The final soybean fields were harvested on Wednesday. “The soybeans did pretty well this year. We were surprised, because we had less than eight inches of rain during the growing season. We had about 30 to 50 percent hail damage, so that impacted them a little,” says Lentz, “but we got close to our long-term average on yield. We were satisfied.” This year’s harvest was completely different from 2019. “One thing’s for sure, we sure weren’t pulling out the combines as much. We didn’t harvest soybeans until Halloween last year. This year, we’re done the last day of September. In the 22 years of growing soybeans, I’m not sure we’ve ever been done in September with all of the soybeans.” Conditions remain dry in the Rolla area, which means Lentz will wait to do any fall fieldwork.
