• Home
  • News
    • Politics & Government
    • Business & Economy
    • Crime / Courts
    • Health / Medicine
  • Sports
    • High School Sports
    • Radio Iowa Poll
  • Affiliates
    • Affiliate Support Page
  • Contact Us
    • Reporters

Radio Iowa

Iowa's Radio News Network

You are here: Home / Agriculture / Wet soybeans slow harvest in northwest Iowa

Wet soybeans slow harvest in northwest Iowa

October 26, 2016 By Radio Iowa Contributor

Farmers in northwest Iowa are waiting for beans to dry out.

Farmers in northwest Iowa are waiting for beans to dry out.

Farmers took advantage of some dry days to get more of the harvest completed, but the earlier wet conditions are still causing some issues. The grain manager of the

Farmers Cooperative Society in Sioux Center, Calvin Diehl, says the beans that remain in the field need more dry days. “We’re about 70 percent done with beans. The last 30 percent have been a real struggle to get off…beans are about 16 to 17 percent moisture and guys just cannot combine them yet,” according to Diehl. Farmers can only wait and hope those beans dry out.

“They are just too wet to do anything with — no processors or anybody will take them at that moisture at any discount level,”Diehl says. The bean fields that have been harvested are showing good yields.

Grain pile at the Farmers Cooperative Society in Sioux Center.

Grain pile at the Farmers Cooperative Society in Sioux Center.

He says the average fields are averaging around 70 bushels an acre, with most of the in mid 70’s and up. “Very good yields, I’d say five to ten percent better than last year.” Diehl says the corn harvest is also looking very good when it comes to yields.

“Everybody took their bean heads off and are going after corn right now, so we’re pretty busy with corn,” Diehl says. “Corn is running anywhere from 16 to 20 moisture — very good yields, very good test weight. As good as last year and I am going to say it is a better crop than last year on the corn — yield wise and quality.”

He believes the corn harvest is perhaps 15 to 20 percent completed within his trade area. Diehl says many farmers still have corn stored from last year, and are waiting

for higher prices before they market the golden commodity. Several local grain

elevators are having to store this year’s corn in outside storage facilities.

(Reporting and photos by Dennis Morrice, KLEM, Le Mars)

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Filed Under: Agriculture, News Tagged With: Corn & Soybeans

Featured Stories

Governor signs Iowa Renewable Fuels Standard into law

Jury returns guilty verdict in shooting death of State Trooper

Summit has easements for 20% of carbon pipeline route through Iowa

Morel mushroom hunters on hold without warmer conditions

Trinity Health aquiring all MercyOne health properties

TwitterFacebook
Tweets by RadioIowa

Iowa Special Olympics Summer games set to open in Ames

Radio Iowa/Baseball Coaches Association High School Poll 5/16/22

Iowa assistant coach Kirk Speraw to retire

Northern Iowa prepares for Missouri Valley Conference softball tournament

T.J. Otzelberger announces staff changes at Iowa State

More Sports

eNews and Updates

Enter your email address:

Delivered by FeedBurner

Archives

Copyright © 2022 ยท Learfield News & Ag, LLC