Harvest is still behind in the western corn belt, but farmers have quickly been catching up with more favorable weather. That’s according to the latest USDA Crop Progress Report. Tyronne Bialas, Vice President of Grain for Dakota Plains Ag Center in Yankton says farmers in South Dakota made good progress over the last week.
He says the entire western corn belt has been lagging, especially on soybeans. However, he’s confident farmers will get done, just like they did in 2009.
Bialas says in 2009 corn harvest started even later than beans and farmers still got most of the crop off the field before the snow fell.
Nationally soybean harvest is still 9-points behind normal at 72-percent complete, while corn harvest is now in the line with the five-year average at 63-percent.
