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Michigan soybean harvest makes steady progress

A southern Michigan farmer says dry weather earlier this week helped get soybeans ready for harvest.

From the combine, Scott Welden tells Brownfield, “This week we’ve been busy harvesting soybeans.” “Prior to that, we were harvesting our edible dry beans, but we are done with that portion, and in the thick of soybean harvest at the moment with rain in the forecast, I’m actually harvesting right now,” he shares.

Welden says beans are averaging between 40 and 65 bushels per acre, which he calls respectable.

“Fortunately, we were blessed to receive some timely rains in August, which really helped a crop that fell behind finish better than we anticipated,” he says.

Corn harvest is still at least two weeks away for the Jonesville farmer.  Welden says that should give him enough time to harvest the last of his soybeans.

Welden grows corn, soybeans, black beans, rye, and wheat with his family.