Harvesting soybeans at a moisture content between 13% and 15% helps maximize weight while minimizing harvest losses. This harvest, however, soybean moisture levels of 16% to 18 % or more have been reported.

Due to the cool and wet conditions, soybeans harvested late at this time will need to be dried either on the farm or at the elevator. Some elevators will accept soybeans up to 20 percent moisture while others will reject loads that are above 16 percent moisture. Contact your elevator prior to delivery.

Moisture content, airflow rates, drying temperatures and the drying method used to affect the quality of the dried no-till corn, according to North Dakota State University grain-drying expert Ken Hellevang.

With corn harvest lagging by 25% or more behind the norm, moisture spot checks indicating very wet grain and more unfavorable drying weather in the near-term forecast, some corn growers may already be considering leaving corn stand in the field until spring.

Soybeans are usually traded on a 13% moisture basis, so it is to the farmer's advantage to harvest, store, and sell soybeans as close to 13% moisture (wet basis) as possible.