Fall harvest brings 6 million bushels of grain to local elevators so far

  • Semi trucks line up to load up in mid-September at Palmer Grain to make room for the fall harvest, which is now well underway across the county. Photo by JEN THALMANN / WCN
    Semi trucks line up to load up in mid-September at Palmer Grain to make room for the fall harvest, which is now well underway across the county. Photo by JEN THALMANN / WCN
Harvest is going full-speed across the county. The quality and yields are good, according to local grain elevator officials, and the grain is dry. Soybean harvest may be half done in the Clifton area, according to Casey Huckett, who is the location manager for the Clifton elevator. Corn harvest may be about 25-percent complete. Huckett said Clifton has taken in 270,000 bushels of corn since the…

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