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FIRST is about 91% finished for the 2024 harvest with 27 locations to report as of this writing. We've reported the northmost, southern, western, and easternmost locations in the program.
Yields have been good in the corn plots, as expected by yield predictions and the grain markets. Soybean plot yields have been good, with little damage, though the dry late summer seems to have reduced yields from expected highs. The tremendous spring rains did cause some problems and variability in the northern Iowa, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and Minnesota plots particularly.
Generally, if emergence and stands were all right coming out of the spring, the plots did well through the very dry late season.
Harvest progress has been very rapid, with negligible rainfall for most of the whole program footprint.
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