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Farmers harvesting positivity

Area farmers hope you will see more good things coming after wrapping up the wheat harvest this month. According to last week’s USDA Crop Condition and Progress Report, just under 90 percent of winter wheat was harvested, two points ahead of the five-year average. Rio Creek Feed Mill agronomist Adam Barta says some farmers are boasting above-average to record yields despite poor germination last fall, ahead of a rough winter. Corn and soybeans are also progressing ahead of last year’s pace, with 81 percent of the crop being rated as good to excellent. Barta says Mother Nature will have the final say on how the rest of the growing season goes for those crops, both of which have had a rough year in the markets.

 
Barta is rooting for farmers to get paid more for their corn and soybeans as input costs such as fertilizer continue to rise. 

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