IT WAS A WARM AND FAIRLY DRY WEEK FOR ILLINOIS PRODUCERS AS WE HEAR IN THE WEEKLY CROP REPORT. 

 

TEMPERATURES WERE ABOVE NORMAL AND RAINFALL WAS BELOW NORMAL THIS PAST WEEK…LEAVING MORE THAN FIVE DAYS SUITABLE FOR FIELDWORK. CROP STATISTICIAN MARK SCHLEUSENER SAYS 89 PERCENT OF THE CORN CROP HAS EMERGED AND 83 PERCENT IS RATED IN GOOD TO EXCELLENT CONDITION. HE NOTES 90 PERCENT OF SOYBEANS HAVE BEEN PLANTED.