Perfect Weather Allows Harvest to Move Quickly

This perfect weather has allowed the harvest to move at a quick pace this year.

It’s not often farmers are blessed with day after day of sunshine and warm temperatures during the fall harvest – so they’re enjoying it. Andy Sabers farms north of Manchester.

Alan Atwater farms southwest of Manchester. He says the harvest has pretty much been non-stop since they started.

As of Monday, twenty-two percent of the state’s corn has been harvested – that’s a day ahead of normal. The soybean harvested has reached 58-percent complete – one week ahead of average.

Cooler weather is forecasted by Monday with highs only in the 50s, but the dry weather is expected to continue into early next week.

photo courtesy of Jon Swisher/KMCH