Oct 16, 2026 · 36 min · 13 segments
Harvest is moving slower than normal, but the real story is what that means for used equipment, pricing, and your next move. Casey Seymour breaks down why the market is shifting right now, where the…
Greg PetersonGuestCasey SeymourHost
Clinton GriffithsHostThe latest USDA report puts corn harvest at roughly about 33% versus 39 on the five-year average.
... we are running a little bit behind, and we do have a, a bit of a ways to go.
Meanwhile, like soybeans, they're about not quite the 50% mark, so they're at 46%.
And as you and I both know, with the size of the equipment today and the amount of work we can get done in a week, we can catch this thing up pretty fast.
... you know, it has been a little bit of a slow start, and, and, uh, it's just something we're, I don't know, we're just watching to see what this means for markets and what this means for storage and shipping going forward.
And typically years like this or whenever you get, you see some very odd tire configurations and tracks start to show up on, uh, machines out there.
See some weird stuff popping up, but at the same time, you know, this, uh, this is just one of those years where not everything's going smooth.
Like, we've, uh, we've kind of been spoiled, right? Last two or three seasons have been pretty easy harvest, you know what I mean? So this was that one I guess.
I mean, I, I think as we try to, you know, get our arms around this thing, we're still gonna be sorting it out and really trying to figure out, you know, how does this translate into the rest of this year and into planning for 2027.
And I know that's something you've been focused on recently is, uh, you know, really trying to, to dial in what the end of the year looks like and maybe making some, some moves for that.
The latest USDA report puts corn harvest at roughly about 33% versus 39 on the five-year average.
... we are running a little bit behind, and we do have a, a bit of a ways to go.
Meanwhile, like soybeans, they're about not quite the 50% mark, so they're at 46%.
And as you and I both know, with the size of the equipment today and the amount of work we can get done in a week, we can catch this thing up pretty fast.
... you know, it has been a little bit of a slow start, and, and, uh, it's just something we're, I don't know, we're just watching to see what this means for markets and what this means for storage and shipping going forward.
And typically years like this or whenever you get, you see some very odd tire configurations and tracks start to show up on, uh, machines out there.
See some weird stuff popping up, but at the same time, you know, this, uh, this is just one of those years where not everything's going smooth.
Like, we've, uh, we've kind of been spoiled, right? Last two or three seasons have been pretty easy harvest, you know what I mean? So this was that one I guess.
I mean, I, I think as we try to, you know, get our arms around this thing, we're still gonna be sorting it out and really trying to figure out, you know, how does this translate into the rest of this year and into planning for 2027.
And I know that's something you've been focused on recently is, uh, you know, really trying to, to dial in what the end of the year looks like and maybe making some, some moves for that.
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