2020: GRAIN GODS COMING THROUGH FOR SOME

Oct 29, 2020 at 10:37 AM CST
A Thumb area farmer says harvest has been far and away better than last year. Dan Keenan of Merrill tells Brownfield harvest this year is running about on average. “Last year was a disaster and it kind of started for us in the fall of ’18, so this has been a godsend having these yields and actually have the market shape up the way it has.” Last year, Keenan says was the first time a prevented plant claim was made in the farm’s history after 400 acres went unplanted because of weather challenges. He says the beginning of this year’s growing season was a better start than previous years even after receiving about nine inches of rain around Memorial Day.

Oct 29, 2020 at 10:37 AM CST

A Thumb area farmer says harvest has been far and away better than last year. Dan Keenan of Merrill tells Brownfield harvest this year is running about on average. “Last year was a disaster and it kind of started for us in the fall of ’18, so this has been a godsend having these yields and actually have the market shape up the way it has.” Last year, Keenan says was the first time a prevented plant claim was made in the farm’s history after 400 acres went unplanted because of weather challenges. He says the beginning of this year’s growing season was a better start than previous years even after receiving about nine inches of rain around Memorial Day.