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Harvest has just started to pick up steam across Michigan—with 17 percent of the state’s corn and 32 percent of Michigan’s soybeans already harvested says the USDA.
Christian McGuire is a Technical Agronomist with Specialty Hybrids and is based out of Shiawassee County. He tells Michigan Ag Today that soybean yields in most areas have done very well.
“Soybean yields in central Michigan and to the south are honestly surprising in a great way. They are coming in a little bit higher than I was expecting. With the level of disease pressure that we had this summer, I am very happy to say that everything that I’ve seen in plots and testimonials are coming in in the mid to upper 60’s on average in terms of bushels per acre, and I’m really happy with that so far,” according to McGuire.
However, he says it may be too early in the harvest season to assess corn yields across Michigan.
“Not too much corn has been harvested and I think most of that has been testing the waters to see where that yield and moisture is,” says McGuire. “We are seeing some high moisture levels—in the 20 percent range for moisture—and we’re just not quite ready yet. I think we’re probably about a week out from really seeing it where we want it.”
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