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Iowa farmer discusses harvest plans at Farm Progress Show

A central Iowa farmer says he’s cautiously optimistic about his 2024 crop.

Tim Bardole raises soybeans, corn, and hogs near Rippey in Greene County. “The soybeans are still plugging along and they look pretty good,” he said. “The corn is maturing and maybe just a little faster than I would like. All in all, I don’t think it’s going to be a record crop, but it’s going to be a big crop.”

He tells Brownfield his most recent focus has been cover crop seeding. “Right before harvest when it’s nice to sit back and relax a bit, we’re out running hard trying to get cover crop on.”

Bardole says he still has some equipment repairs to tackle and plans to get started on harvest around the first of October.