CORN AND SOYBEAN HARVESTING IS NEARING COMPLETION AS WE HEAR IN THE WEEKLY CROP REPORT.
TEMPERATURES WERE SEVEN DEGREES BELOW NORMAL AND RAIN WAS ALMOST AN INCH ABOVE NORMAL THIS PAST WEEK. THAT LEFT JUST THREE DAYS SUITABLE FOR FIELDWORK. CROP STATISTICIAN BRAD SUMMA SAYS PRODUCERS ARE WRAPPING UP HARVEST.
90 PERCENT OF WINTER WHEAT HAS BEEN PLANTED AND 74 PERCENT HAS EMERGED. AVERAGE STATEWIDE TOPSOIL MOISTURE IS NOW RATED AS FOUR PERCENT SHORT, 70 PERCENT ADEQUATE AND 26 PERCENT SURPLUS.