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One of the frustrations that we hear from custom combiners at this time of year is that it's perfect combining weather, but no one wants them to harvest beans yet, because they're not dry. Before you turn away a combine, let's look at the math.  If beans are 15%, your drying charges are about $9.50/tonne.  If we assume a 50 bushel or 1.36 tonne/acre yield, your drying charges would be a little less than $13/acre.  Beans are considered dry at 13% moisture.  We already have some beans coming in below 13% and anticipate a significant number of them overdry by the end of the week.  If you wait until your beans are 10%, you are losing 3% of your crop.  3% of a 50 bushel/acre crop is 1.5 bushels/acre.  At the current price of $12.60/bushel, you are losing almost $19/acre.  In this scenario, you would gain $6/acre by combining damp beans.  Keep in mind that moisture levels in soybeans can change significantly in a couple of hours.  If you have questions, please give us a call.

 WASDE Report trimmed bean yields a smidge with the late season dryness  That's lending some support today but with 550 mil carry out the market not likely to get too rattled on this  I would guess the next job is to make a contract low in the next 3 weeks Time will tell. 

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