Curt Burns, a farmer and independent crop consultant from south central Minnesota joins Dave and Seth for a chat about the 2024 crop and soybean harvest. Curt farms in the Steward area and supports other farming operations as an independent crop consultant with C.B. Agronomics in Sibley, Renville, McLeod, Meeker, Nicollet, and Kandiyohi Counties.
Dave and Seth chat with Curt about the soybean harvest progress and yields. The exceptionally dry and warm fall conditions have left Minnesota soybeans in an unusually dry condition. This has led to yield losses for the farmer who is selling overly dry soybeans plus significant field losses due to shattering and harvest loss. Curt discusses how the excessive spring and summer rainfall and late drought conditions affected the crop and reports on the soybean yields farmers are seeing in his region. Curt also chats with Seth and Dave about variety selection for both corn and soybean. He's concerned about other activities during this very dry fall. Soil tests may be particularly inaccurate and will be difficult to pull, and warm and dry soils will lead to N losses for aggressive farmers.
Join Dave and Seth for another great Minnesota CropCast with Curt Burns.
What is Minnesota CropCast?
Hosts David Nicolai and Seth Naeve discuss the progress and challenges of Minnesota's agronomic crops in this new podcast. They are joined by a diversity of specialists representing all crops and agronomic disciplines to discuss their research and its impact on future Minnesota crops. Dave Nicolai is a crops Extension educator and Seth Naeve is the Extension soybean agronomist.
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