IT WAS A HOT WEEK FOR ILLINOIS CROPS AS WE HEAR IN THE WEEKLY CROP REPORT.
TEMPERATURES AND RAIN WAS ABOVE NORMAL THIS PAST WEEK, AND FIVE DAYS WERE SUITABLE FOR FIELDWORK SAYS CROP STATISTICIAN MARK SCHLEUSENER.
77 PERCENT OF SOYBEANS ARE BLOOMING AND 33 PERCENT ARE SETTING PODS.
30 PERCENT OF SORGHUM HAS HEADED AND THE SECOND CUTTING OF ALFALFA IS ALMOST COMPLETE.
AVERAGE STATEWIDE TOPSOIL MOISTURE IS RATED AS 12 PERCENT VERY SHORT, 21 PERCENT SHORT, 59 PERCENT ADEQUATE AND EIGHT PERCENT SURPLUS, WITH WIDE DISPARITIES ACROSS THE STATE.
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