“I would call this a good crop, not a great crop,” says Pioneer field agronomist Eric Miller talking about the soybeans that have come off so far this harvest in his area just north and east of Indianapolis. He says most farmers in his area might be done with soybeans by the end of this week. He adds that there are some pockets with very good beans out there. Your browser doesn’t support HTML5 audio
“But I think it’s also important to keep in mind that there is a modest crop out there in places too. There are fields out there that are in the 40s and 50s. Those are more common yields than the 70s and 80s in other parts have been.”
With farmers moving on to corn, Miller says stalk quality shouldn’t be too much of an issue in his area.
“I think that as we begin to get out into some of the corn fields, we’re going to see the ill effects of some summer wind storms that we had that may have laid some corn down early. But as far as what I see in stalk quality, it looks pretty strong right now.”
Of some concern though to Miller, “a few reports of ear molds, specifically Gibberella, and I’ve been hearing a little bit about some vomitoxin being tested for at local elevators.”
Hear the full interview below with Pioneer’s Eric Miller where he also discusses the opportunities for fall fieldwork that didn’t get done last year.