OMAHA (DTN) -- It's been a great couple of weeks, hearing from you all about your harvest woes and woo-hoos! I can tell you're getting through a lot of your acres by the volume of calls, emails and texts I'm "not" getting now.

Keep those reports coming in if you can. I'll keep posting them if you keep sending them.

Here's what we have for today.

PHONE CALL

South-central Minnesota:

150 bushel to 190 bushel per acre corn. That's down from 200 bpa to 210 bpa last year and 210 bpa to 225 bpa two years ago.

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EMAIL

Phelps County, Nebraska:

"Harvest is at a standstill. We had an average of 5" of rain this past weekend (Oct. 8-9). The Loomis area on south had 7-9". Not a lot of standing water, very dry prior to the rainfall and it all came reasonably slow so it soaked in.

"We have three days of bean harvest left. More corn was picked in the area last week and now I am hearing of better yields in certain areas that didn't get hit by severe summer storms. I'm hearing more 200-240 reports, mostly in test plots.

"When we get our Pioneer bean and corn test plots out I can email the results to you if you like."

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Southwest Ohio:

"Soybean harvest has started in southwest Ohio after a late planted year. The soybeans matured faster than the chart says they should but they are yielding well.

"Our first field was over 70 bushels in the bin from our best bottom and the rolling hillsides nearby made 64. This is a 3.5 LL to control marestail, our number one weed here although we have at least 4 resistant to glyphsate.

"We moved to a 3.1 Vistive bean on tight soil that made 45 bu. Then we moved to RR's on good ground making over 50 bushels.

"Almost every farmer has started here so harvest is in progress though we have rain today through Friday. My first neighbor took out some excellent corn and I am anxious to see what it did as it looked good all year.

"We just got back from 4,500 miles to Wyoming and back and harvest was just getting a good start. I rode in a combine making 75 bushels in Iowa and another one in Missouri making 30.

"I was surprised to see as many soybean fields as we did."

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TEXTS

320 area code:

"The Red River Valley is a disaster. I'm on the southern tip but it is a big area. The year of the 30s everyone says -- 30 bushel wheat, 30 bushel soybean, 30 bushel corn. This is a big disaster!"

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Southeast Iowa:

"Beans are averaging around 30 to 35 and corn is averaging around 80 bushels per acre"

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It's a busy time of year for you and we know that. But, if you can find a few minutes between truckloads or while you wolf down that sandwich, we'd love it if you would let us know what you are finding in your fields.

We can be reached by email at talk@telventdtn.com or any of our individual email addresses. Mine is cheri.zagurski@telventdtn.com. You can also text me at 402-301-8732 or Bryce Anderson 402-594-4248. Voicemail messages can be left at those numbers, too, or you can call 800-369-7675. That number rings right in the newsroom. On Twitter, you can send me a message. I'm @cherizagurski. Or feel free to message any of our Tweeters. DTN also has a Facebook page, DTN/The Progressive Farmer. You can post a message on our wall. http://www.facebook.com/…

Tell us where you farm and any items of note you're finding as you start the combine. Yields, moisture levels, unusual damage. Anything. We'll gather these comments into regular updates for our readers. Check the home page of www.dtnpf.com orwww.dtnprogressivefarmer.com regularly for new information.

We hope to hear from you. Here's to a safe, speedy and prosperous harvest.

Cheri Zagurski can be contacted at cheri.zagurski@telventdtn.com

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