Harvest continues to push along for Greene County farmers.

Rippey farmer John Muir says he’s finished with harvesting soybeans and averaged about 55 bushels per acre, but points out that due to washouts on some acres from rainfall also meant lower yields.  West Central Cooperative Field Agronomist Scott Shannon says most of the soybean harvest is done throughout the county with yields ranging from the lower 40’s to the lower 60’s.  Shannon notes that the wet start to the planting season created a wider range of yields because crop producers were planting soybeans at different times of the year.

As for corn, Shannon says about 60 to 70 percent has been harvested in the county, with yields ranging between 170 to 200 bushels per acre.

“I think we’re ahead of last year.  There’s a lot of people who have also finished up.  (There’s) just a lot less rain, and mud and issues like that to fight this year, (which) have allowed guys to get in and get done faster than last year.”

Muir has been working hard at harvesting corn for the last couple of weeks and says his yields are about 160 to 190 bushels per acre.

“For the most part, we’re really pleased.  Most of the acres that were really seemed to yield good, we treated with fungicide.  And we wonder if that isn’t paying off this year anyway, really good (for us).”

Harvest season typically wraps up in Greene County the second week of November.