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Storing, Drying and Handling Web Soybeans

By: Liz Stahl, Crops Extension Educator and Seth Naeve, Extension Soybean Agronomist
As posted on the Minnesota Crop News Blog


While almost impossible to accomplish in most years, harvesting soybeans at a moisture content between 13 to 15% helps maximize yields while minimizing harvest losses. Cool, cloudy, and rainy conditions this fall, however, have led to large increases in soybean moisture content. With cool conditions in the forecast, soybeans may be harvested at much higher moisture levels this fall than usual.

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