Harvest

Man farmer dressed in field clothes and a cap standing at beside a grey pickup truck talking to the truck driver through the rolled down window.

Scanty soybean quality yields steep discounts in the Midsouth Scanty soybean quality yields steep discounts in the Midsouth

What happened to our soybeans in 2024?

byWhitney Shannon Haigwood, Mindy Ward

Dec 4, 2024

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Close up of soybean pods dried down and ready for harvest, with dry soybeans exposed in the pods.

Harvest in a hurricane: Tips for protecting soybean quality Harvest in a hurricane: Tips for protecting soybean quality

byWhitney Shannon Haigwood

Dec 4, 2024

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Grain sorghum yield delivered under brutal drought Grain sorghum yield delivered under brutal drought

Dec 3, 2024

1 Min Read

Combine in field

Unexpected rains, drought shatter promising soybean season Unexpected rains, drought shatter promising soybean season

Nov 27, 2024

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Kyatalin Baker with her first deer

Be thankful for what you harvest Be thankful for what you harvest

Nov 20, 2024

1 Min Read

Chip Bowling stands in a field on his farm

Farmers face new year with uncertainty, optimism Farmers face new year with uncertainty, optimism

Nov 20, 2024

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Kolby Gruhot of Argyle experiments to get the most out of his sugar beet crop

Sugarbeet harvest: Innovation, collaboration key success

Sugarbeet harvest: Innovation, collaboration key success

buildup of residue on the corn head under the combine cab

Avoid spraying water on engine fires

Avoid spraying water on engine fires

byTom J. Bechman, Midwest Crops Editor

Winter wheat in fall

Crop progress: Winter wheat quality jumps higher

Crop progress: Winter wheat quality jumps higher

byBen Potter, Senior editor

Dennis Gardner has raised sugarbeets for more than 25 years

Warm temps mean ‘stop and go’ for sugarbeet harvest

Warm temps mean ‘stop and go’ for sugarbeet harvest

byJennifer Kiel, Editor, Michigan Farmer and Ohio Farmer

Craig Anthony, Brock, Neb., in the field running a combine

Harvest time: Combine cab is where I want to be

Harvest time: Combine cab is where I want to be

byElizabeth Hodges, Staff Writer

Combine header harvesting last stalks of corn

Crop progress: Corn, soybean harvests near the finish line

Crop progress: Corn, soybean harvests near the finish line

byBen Potter, Senior editor

soybean field ready for harvest

Big soybean yields need more than water

Big soybean yields need more than water

byTom J. Bechman, Midwest Crops Editor

Travis Gienger and Mohamed Sadiq with their giant pumpkin

It’s a great pumpkin, Travis Gienger!

It’s a great pumpkin, Travis Gienger!

byKevin Schulz, Editor

Corn harvest is underway at Fordyce Farms in northwest Missouri

Grower navigates strange crop production year

Grower navigates strange crop production year

ear of corn broken in half, showing deep kernels

This field beat tar spot to finish line

This field beat tar spot to finish line

byTom J. Bechman, Midwest Crops Editor

soybean harvest

Crop progress: Soybean harvest nearly complete

Crop progress: Soybean harvest nearly complete

byBen Potter, Senior editor

Close up of soybean pods in a soybean field at harvest with a tractor pulling a grain cart in the background.

2024 Midsouth crop progress: End of season recap

2024 Midsouth crop progress: End of season recap

byWhitney Shannon Haigwood, Staff Writer

Work doesn’t end after harvest

Work doesn’t end after harvest

Work doesn’t end after harvest

byKyle Stackhouse 2

Combine harvesting corn

Strange harvest season rolls on in a cloud of dust

Strange harvest season rolls on in a cloud of dust

byCurt Arens, Editor, Nebraska Farmer

Jon Miller, pictured here with his son, Carter, the grain cart driver, and his cousin’s son, Hudson in Ohio’s Fairfield County

Combine ride-along in drought-stricken Ohio

Combine ride-along in drought-stricken Ohio

byJennifer Kiel, Editor, Michigan Farmer and Ohio Farmer

Combine unloading corn

Crop progress: Corn harvest past the halfway point

Crop progress: Corn harvest past the halfway point

byBen Potter, Senior editor

corn

Texas corn yields below 10-year average; Marketing likely challenging

Texas corn yields below 10-year average; Marketing likely challenging

byRon Smith, Contributing Writer

Blackish discoloration on the outside of cornstalks indicative of stalk rot

Hurricane, stalk rot take toll on corn

Hurricane, stalk rot take toll on corn

byTom J. Bechman, Midwest Crops Editor

Combine surrounded by dust as it harvests corn

Tips to curb the combine fire epidemic

Tips to curb the combine fire epidemic

byTom J. Bechman, Midwest Crops Editor

Site lead Barry Meyer at the Constantine, Mich., Bayer plant

Follow corn ear from field to seed bag

Follow corn ear from field to seed bag

byAllison Lynch, Indiana Prairie Farmer Senior Editor

Cotton Harvest

Soybean, cotton harvests benefit from clear weather

Soybean, cotton harvests benefit from clear weather

byBonnie Coblentz

sorghum harvest

Dawn to dusk: It's sorghum harvest

Dawn to dusk: It's sorghum harvest

byShelley E. Huguley, Senior Editor

Pink ear tips are a sign of Giberella ear mold

‘Real ugly corn’: Northeast grain farmers lament poor harvest

‘Real ugly corn’: Northeast grain farmers lament poor harvest

byChris Torres, Editor, American Agriculturist

Missouri farmer Jason Morgan stands in a field of green soybeans in Barton County

Wheat wins harvest battle in southwest Missouri

Wheat wins harvest battle in southwest Missouri

Missouri farmer Jay Fischer stops amid corn harvest near Jefferson City to share of yields reaching 250 bushels per acre

Missouri farmer dealt a soybean wild card

Missouri farmer dealt a soybean wild card

Alex Noll’s soybeans on his farm near Winchester, Kan.,

Kansas farmer’s harvest has fairy-tale ending

Kansas farmer’s harvest has fairy-tale ending

Sugarcane field lodged by Hurricane Francine.

Sugarcane suffers from Hurricane Francine, but the season isn’t over yet

Sugarcane suffers from Hurricane Francine, but the season isn’t over yet

byRaney Rapp, Senior Writer

Jen Meyer of Wilton, N.D in the cab of her combine in her soybean field

North Dakota farmer offers harvest update

North Dakota farmer offers harvest update

bySarah McNaughton-Peterson, Dakota Farmer editor

Combine in soybean field

When yield doesn’t measure up, what went wrong?

When yield doesn’t measure up, what went wrong?

byTom J. Bechman, Midwest Crops Editor

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