Northwest Iowa — Area farmers took advantage of some dry days to get more of the harvest completed, but the earlier wet conditions are still causing some issues.
The grain manager of the Farmers Cooperative Society in Sioux Center, Calvin Diehl, says the beans that remain in the field need more dry days.
According to Diehl, farmers can only wait and hope those beans dry out.
He says the bean fields that have been harvested are showing good yields.
Diehl says the corn harvest is also looking very good when it comes to yields.
He says he believes the corn harvest is perhaps 15 to 20 percent completed within his trade area. Diehl says many farmers still have corn stored from last year, and are waiting for higher prices before they market the golden commodity. Several local grain elevators are having to store this year’s corn in outside storage facilities.
