An ag consultant says southeast Michigan farmers likely will have below-average yields this fall.

Ned Birkey tells Brownfield he has been impressed with how corn is taking the heat stress.

“The leaves look fine, they’re not rolled up tight,” he says.  “The genetics have made a big difference, but the ears are smaller, the tips aren’t filled out, some of the butts aren’t filled out, and the test weight I think is going to be light on corn.”

Also a crop farmer in Monroe County, Birkey says recent hot, dry weather has been the end of soybeans.

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