Edible bean harvest reported to Sept. 24th 2007 is 75% complete with Pinto and Navy bean yields averaging 1700 lbs/ac. Most of the remaining fields to be harvested were excessively wet this spring resulting in drowned out patches and poor weed control. These two factors resulted in field variability and farmers are waiting until the puffy green beans are more mature.

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