From the Fields: It does not look like a bin-busting crop

Soybeans have not changed much here, but I saw several fields of early-group soybeans that were being harvested on the eastern edge of St. Joseph County on my way home from a farm toy show in Goshen in northern Indiana on Labor Day.

My cornfields have dented and the shucks have started to pull back as the stalks have started firing up. The 100-plus-degree heat sure helped speed things along during the last week of August.

I’m trying to stay somewhat optimistic as harvest nears, but it has been a wild ride on the weather train. Heavy rains and strong, gusty winds have displaced the view of what an ideal cornfield should look like.

I guess things could be much worse, though. We have a harvestable crop, but it sure doesn’t look like a bin buster. Whether it is corn or soybeans, we will know more once we dive into each field with the combine.