A DELAYED HARVEST FOR MANY OHIO FARMERS

Sep 20, 2023 at 03:14 PM CST
Ohio farmers are waiting patiently for harvest to begin. Central Ohio farmer Mike Vallery says his crops lacked Growing Degree Units and is running behind. “Typically from when I planted my soybeans, we should be running them right now,” he says. “But we’re about a week to 10 days behind.” He tells Brownfield the crop was healthy most of the year, but he’s seen some late-season disease pressure. “Tar Spot has come in,” he says. “But it came in late enough it isn’t going to influence our yield.”

Sep 20, 2023 at 03:14 PM CST

Ohio farmers are waiting patiently for harvest to begin.

Central Ohio farmer Mike Vallery says his crops lacked Growing Degree Units and is running behind. “Typically from when I planted my soybeans, we should be running them right now,” he says. “But we’re about a week to 10 days behind.”

He tells Brownfield the crop was healthy most of the year, but he’s seen some late-season disease pressure. “Tar Spot has come in,” he says. “But it came in late enough it isn’t going to influence our yield.”