A central Missouri farmer is seeing better corn yields than expected. Nathan Alpers, in Cooper County, started harvesting the day after Labor Day is is about two-thirds done and he feared nitrogen loss would be an issue but that’s not the case, “It’s been quite a bit above average for us. We’re probably running 30 to 40% above our 10-year APH. So, we’re very blessed, very satisfied.”
Alpers says they had a dry stretch right at pollination and a week to 10 days after that, which he thought would greatly affect yields.
