TOPSOIL MOISTURE IS DECLINING IN SEVERAL PARTS OF THE STATE AS WE HEAR IN THE WEEKLY CROP REPORT.
PRECIPITATION WAS BELOW NORMAL, AT UNDER HALF AN INCH LAST WEEK. THAT LEFT AVERAGE STATEWIDE TOPSOIL MOISTURE AT SIX PERCENT VERY SHORT, 32 PERCENT SHORT, 61 PERCENT ADEQUATE AND ONE PERCENT SURPLUS.
CROP STATISTICIAN MARK SCHLEUSENER PROVIDES A CROP UPDATE:
31 PERCENT OF SOYBEANS ARE BLOOMING AND FIVE PERCENT ARE SETTING PODS…WHICH IS ABOUT ON PAR WITH LAST YEAR.
93 PERCENT OF SORGHUM HAS BEEN PLANTED AND 95 PERCENT OF WINTER WHEAT HAS BEEN HARVESTED.
