Photo courtesy ILSoyAdvisor.com

A farmer in southeast Minnesota began harvesting soybeans this week.

Bruce Peterson of Northfield says the stems are green.

“You look at the straw, and the bean straw is all grass green, but the beans are 11, 12, 13 percent (moisture). So it’s time to get at them, otherwise they can get too dry.”

He tells Brownfield dryness was a theme all summer with only 10 inches of rain since June.

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