View from the cab of Cates’ combine
Corn harvest is underway for a southwest Illinois farmer.
Daryl Cates farms near Columbia in the Mississippi River bottoms. From his combine, he tells Brownfield they started harvest last Tuesday.
“Mine was planted between April 2nd and the 27th. The moisture of the corn has been running anywhere from 18.5% to 24%.”
Spring flooding prevented him from planting about 100 acres, but he is more confident in this crop compared to 2019.
