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Near record soybean yields in south-central Nebraska

Photo courtesy Randy Uhrmacher via Twitter

A south-central Nebraska farmer says he’s been very pleased with his irrigated soybean yields so far.

Randy Uhrmacher of Hastings says yields won’t quite match records set in 2016, but they’re coming close.

“Some of the fields are bumping right up against the 2016 yields—high 70’s to low 80’s on most everything that was cut so far,” says Uhrmacher.

He says they had plenty of rain this summer, which helped save on irrigation costs.

“In fact, we have a couple of pivots that were 100 percent soybeans that I believe we only put about 2.4 inches on is all.”

Uhrmacher expects a good corn crop as well, but says early prospects for record corn yields were hurt by excess rain late in the season.

AUDIO: Randy Uhrmacher

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