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Minnesota farmers harvesting highly variable corn crop
Minnesota farmers are expected to harvest a highly variable corn crop this fall.
University of Minnesota Extension corn agronomist Jeff Coulter tells Brownfield the harvest pace is a little bit behind normal.
“There’s still a range in grain moisture right now, some of the corn still hasn’t reached the black layer phase yet. Other corn is in the mid 20’s or even lower for grain moisture, so some of those fields have been taken.”
He says a wet start to the growing season spread out planting dates, created drowned outs, and caused nitrogen deficiencies.
“It’s going to really have an effect on the yields I think. We’ve got big holes out there with nothing growing in it, we also have just so much variability, you can just see it in plant height.”
Coulter says some corn will yield well over 200 bushels an acre in Minnesota this year, but a lot of the crop will yield much less.
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