A wet fall has put the harvest on hold for many farmers across KELOLAND. And if the weather doesn't dry-out soon, many producers may have to wait until next year to produce a sellable crop.

Drive through southwest Minnesota and you'll find wet, muddy fields that are still full of crops. And producers, like Jerry Reu, can't afford to wait for the weather to clear.

"The harvest is going to be more difficult than normal.  We've had wet years before but it's been along time," Reu said.

Reu farms about 800 acres near Luverne. He still has a lot of corn in his field, but knows it could be worse.

"Some of my neighbors still have soybeans to harvest yet, but they're way wet too," Reu said. 

Reu has all of his beans in the bin already, but they're too wet to take to market. During a normal year, just getting the corn and beans from the field to the bins before the weather goes south is half the battle, but this is no normal year.

"Last year, the corn was coming out of the field at about 17 or 18 percent moisture.  Some of it was down to 15 percent.  We could put it right in the bin and air dry it," Reu said.  "A lot of the corn is coming out of the field at 25 to 30, some at 35 percent moisture."

Requiring producers to either dry it on their own or take a penalty at the elevator. And as the weather worsens farmers tend to get in a hurry, and that's when accidents usually happen on the farm.

"It tries your patience, but the main thing is to take your time and don't cut any corners and be safe," Reu said.

Reu hopes to have the rest of his corn harvested by the end of the week, weather permitting of course.

On a positive note, the price of propane is down significantly from a year ago. Farmers are using a lot of it to dry their crops.