Mitch Sievers
Mitch Sievers
Buena Vista County

Northwest Iowa

“We're finishing up beans today, and I'd say 70 to 80% of the beans are out around here," Sievers said Sept. 24. Soybean yields are running about 5% to 10% lower than last year and are highly variable, he said. "They're not good, but not as bad as we thought they were going to be." Corn is drying fast, and farmers are harvesting some of the earlier maturity hybrids, Sievers said.

J.D. Myers
J.D. Myers
Humboldt County

North Central Iowa

Harvest is in full swing in Myers’ area. “I’ve got some corn and beans out already, and my neighbors are running hard on beans right now,” he said Sept....