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Corn yields holding strong as central Missouri farmers resume harvest

Two farmers in central Missouri have resumed harvest following a slight rain delay.

Nathan Alpers in Cooper County tells Brownfield he’s been working on corn.

“I can’t complain about the corn quality or the yields.”

Jay Schutte, who farms in Audrain County, is waiting to start corn harvest.

“I think we’re going to have probably 200+/bushel corn. The stalk quality is still good and that’s what I get nervous about this time of the year.”

Schutte says soybean yields could have been better; the beans are small and pods didn’t fill.

“You can put all the fertilizer down and great genetics into the seed and everything else, but if you don’t have something as simple as water, it still doesn’t work.”

Alpers says the dry conditions reduced his soybean yields, but he’s still pleasantly surprised with the crop.

The USDA’s weekly harvest progress reports have been delayed indefinitely by the partial shutdown of the federal government.