Farmers have a lot of experience storing soybeans through the winter after they were harvested. However, producers have a lot more soybeans in storage than they normally have at this time of year, thanks to low prices. Dr. Ken Hellevang is a professor of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering at North Dakota State University. He says storing soybeans during the hot summer months is a lot different than storing over winter:
Soybean oil content can also be negatively affected by hot summertime temperatures:
He talks about recommendations on keeping soybeans as cool as possible inside storage bins:
Hellevang says the further south a farm is located, the more important it will be to take those steps to keep soybeans as cool as possible through the summer months.