According to the latest USDA Crop Progress Report, only one percent of Michigan’s corn and soybeans have been harvested so far this fall.
Dan Cable is a Field Sales Representative with Specialty Hybrids and is based out of Monroe County. He says this year’s harvest has likely been delayed due to the Canadian wildfire smoke earlier this summer.
“We’ve had so many days that we didn’t have much sun because of the fires from Canada,” says Cable. “It reminds me of when Mount Saint Helens erupted and we just went all summer with so much stuff in the air that the sun couldn’t get through. We didn’t get very warm and we didn’t have as much photosynthesis. It isn’t anywhere near that bad, but it’s kind of similar the way it’s played out this year. I think we need to make up some heat units to finish up this crop.”
Cable expects harvest season to take off across Michigan closer to Oct. 1.
“I’m sure there’s some high-moisture corn that has come off, or some corn work that is needed for feeders for livestock, and there may be some early beans, but I’ll better be another 10 days before we get started my part of the world,” says Cable.
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