09/16/24 Afternoon CommStock Report- Harvest Should Give Up Any Secrets on this Crop

Harvest is rushing forward at us as crop maturity accelerates. Harvest has to have begun somewhere. It has not been an ideal finish to the growing season as August turned dry and September has stayed that way causing the fill to run out of gas, even in places that had flooded earlier in the year. The weak finish should mean that the highest USDA yield estimate for corn/soybeans was seen this month. Soybeans here are quickly yellowing and harvest will begin soon. My soybeans, 2.5 maturity, were finished being planted June 5th. They are just starting to show a yellow leaf here and there along field edges with the bulk of the field still grass green. The forecast looks good however with no frost seen coming yet. We have had moisture locally and have had time enough in the growing season where an APH soybean yield is still possible but not probable for all.   My corn, harvested as silage, was field appraised at 188 bpa which is 53 bpa below my APH. All yields here will be extremely variable. Corn planted in April on well drained fields could yield in APH territory. There is not much of it and…