From the Fields: Ran out of moisture

By Berkeley Boehne

December 02, 2024 at 12:50 pm CST

Berkeley Boehne checks on the development of ears in his cornfield in DeKalb County in north-central Illinois. Although they may not be record-breaking, he is expecting high yields this year and the crops look like they are on track for an earlier fall.

Berkeley Boehne checks on the development of ears in his cornfield earlier this year in DeKalb County in north-central Illinois. (AgriNews photo/Martha Blum)

We were hoping to finish harvesting by Halloween and we actually finished on Nov. 2. The late planted corn was pretty disappointing on yields because it ran out of moisture. The yields were still good, but nothing like the first half of the harvest season.

Overall, we thought we would break our average farm record, but we didn’t since the last quarter of the fields pulled the average back.

We have a lot to be thankful for since we barely ran the dryer, the corn was standing, the quality was good and we had no major breakdowns.

Berkeley Boehne

Shabbona, Ill.