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Spring corn harvest expected
Published Thursday, December 24, 2009 at 10:14 AM
The slowest harvest in 35 years is not yet complete. The final U.S. Department of Agriculture Crop Progress report for the 2009 growing season indicated that 95 percent of the corn harvest is completed nationally. Despite dogged determination, some areas of the Northern Corn Belt are still well behind at this time.

National Corn Growers Association President Darrin Ihnen, a farmer in Hurley, South Dakota, says - this is the most challenging harvest I can remember. Fortunately, yields are high. Unfortunately, so is moisture. Many are beginning to realize they will be conducting a spring harvest in 2010.

Only Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee and Texas report a completed harvest. The harvest is only 68 percent complete in North Dakota. NCGA Firs Vice President Bart Schott of Kulm, North Dakota says - we have been blessed with decent harvest weather over the past week. However, moisture levels of more than 30 percent are still common in the northern part of the state.


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