Harvest season is already underway in Greene County.

Landus Cooperative Field Agronomist Zach Minnihan says farmers started harvesting soybeans as early as two weeks ago. With all of the up and down weather that’s happened this year, Minnihan describes his reaction to how well soybeans have developed.

“It’s surprising I guess, the fields I’ve been in, in a positive way. It’s a little better than maybe I initially thought on those better spots. If there’s any ‘glass half full’ I think our averages are still going probably going to be in the low 60s (per bushel), mid 60s, as a county.”

Minnihan points out that last week, the northern part of the county saw about 1.3-inches of rainfall, while the southern portion had about 0.3-inches. He believes that this week, lots more harvest activity will ramp up.

“But the time we get back going and get really strong, our corn is really probably going to start for us to go get. That might not be the answer that guys want to hear. But it’s going to bottleneck beans and corn to kind of get it out in a timely fashion or before stuff starts falling over or starts looking ugly.”

Even though there was a little bit a lag time during harvest with some rainfall, Minnihan believes harvest will finish at about the same time as it normally does.