CROP CONDITIONS ARE DECLINING A BIT AS HOT WEATHER PERSISTS ACROSS ILLINOIS. 

 

THE AVERAGE STATEWIDE TEMPERATURE THIS PAST WEEK WAS NEARLY 77 DEGREES…AND TOPSOIL MOISTURE LEVELS DIPPED TO FOUR PERCENT VERY SHORT, 16 PERCENT SHORT, 68 PERCENT ADEQUATE AND 12 PERCENT SURPLUS. CROP STATISTICIAN MARK SCHLEUSENER SAYS WINTER WHEAT HARVESTING JUMPED AHEAD TO 30 PERCENT COMPLETE.

 

 

93 PERCENT OF SOYBEANS HAVE EMERGED AND THREE PERCENT ARE BLOOMING. 77 PERCENT OF THE SOYBEAN CROP AND 81 PERCENT OF CORN IS IN GOOD TO EXCELLENT CONDITION…ALSO DOWN A LITTLE FROM THE PREVIOUS WEEK.