The Field Report
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Soybeans are Done with Just One-Third Of Corn To Go
Trent Brandenburg is done with his soybean harvest. Most of his bean fields averaged in the seventy-bushels-per-acre range, with one in the eighties. "Not as good as last year," Trent observed, "but at fourteen dollars a bushel, that's a lot of money." Trent estimates he [...]
Soybean Harvest Begins In Two Days, Maybe…
Trent Brandenburg expects to begin his soybean harvest in two days "if it doesn't rain," he predicted on Wednesday, September 21, 2022. His corn harvest will begin when the kernel moisture content drops, either from drying in the field or from Trent deciding to pay [...]
Beans Look Good, Corn Is OK
Trent Brandenburg is pleased with the development of his soybean crop this year. Timely rains have kept new pods forming and helped to fill out the early-set ones. Although the northern half of Piatt County, the eastern half of DeWitt County, and nearly all of [...]
Timely Rain Helps Corn And Beans
Trent Brandenburg is happy to have received more than an inch of rain on his dry fields in mid-July. After scouting his crops to determine drought damage, he concluded that the corn pollination hadn't gotten far enough along to be seriously damaged. Corn is tasseling, [...]