Soybeans drying fast in southern Minnesota

Soybeans drying fast in southern Minnesota

Soybeans are drying down rapidly in the Upper Midwest.

Southwest Minnesota farmer Bill Gordon says he’s combining beans at under 12 percent moisture that are still quite green.

“So when you’re looking at the field in a normal year, you wouldn’t be able to combine them (because) they would be 14 to 17 (percent moisture), pushing that top of the moisture range. And as you get into them you realize that there’s a lot of green beans in there, but the majority of them are dry.”

He tells Brownfield harvest timing can be tricky in a year like this.