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Late-Season Dryness Influences Harvest

Published October 18, 2024

Chad Ulmer, who farms at Fullerton, North Dakota, is at the halfway point for his corn harvest. "The yield's exceptional but it's pretty dry." Ulmer said the soybeans needed one more shot of rain in late August. "Everyone thought that…

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From One Crop to the Next

Published October 17, 2024

With the soybean harvest wrapping up, the combines moved right into corn. “For the elevators, it’s been a little bit of a difficult transition because we’ve gone from one crop right into the next,” said Stu Letcher, executive vice president,…

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Strong Yields in New Rockford

Published October 17, 2024

Farmers in the New Rockford, North Dakota area are seeing some impressive soybean yields. “We’ve got a lot of stuff in that mid-40 range and I’ve seen some fields that have gotten into the 70’s,” says Dave Gehrtz, district sales…

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Transitioning From Soybeans to Corn

Published October 16, 2024

The soybean harvest is ending for Barney, North Dakota farmer Mike Langseth. “We should finish in the next couple of days,” says Langseth. “We didn’t get planted until June so it’s just been slow getting ripe until it froze this…

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Late-Planted Soybeans Deliver Good Yields

Published October 16, 2024

Sykora Harvesting has finished the soybean harvest at Wheaton, Minnesota. "The late-planted beans were really good, 50-to-60 bushels, which is good beans in this area," said Dennis Sykora. "The later-planted beans were in the upper 30s and low 40s range."…

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Finish Line in Sight for Schemper Harvesting

Published October 16, 2024

Holdrege, Nebraska-based Schemper Harvesting is done with soybeans and moved on to the corn harvest. Jared Schemper thinks they’ll be finished in just a couple of weeks. Schemper says the corn and soybean quality has been very good, but hail…

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Dry Conditions Impact North Dakota Crop

Published October 14, 2024

Western North Dakota continues to experience extremely dry conditions. Anthony Mock, who farms near Braddock, says the corn is a lot drier than it usually is. “The first field we took off averaged 13.3 moisture, which this time of year…

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Central ND Harvest Advances

Published October 10, 2024

Peterson Farms Seed Regional Agronomist Kelsey Pellman says soybean harvest in central North Dakota has kicked into high gear. "Some guys had a tough start in the spring and a few guys had a dry spell that hit mid-summer so…

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Managing the Harvest Schedule

Published October 8, 2024

Its been said soybeans are made during the month of August. Mayville, North Dakota farmer Brent Kohls had a couple nice August rains that gave his beans a boost. "The corn also seemed to root in and benefit from that…

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Casselton, North Dakota Harvest Advances Quickly

Published October 4, 2024

Hefty Seed Agronomist Jordan Swanson says the Casselton, North Dakota soybean harvest is about half done. "Yields are there even with how surprisingly dry the beans are and for how green some of the stems and leaves are still in…

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