FARMERS WERE ABLE TO MAKE SOME DECENT HARVEST PROGRESS AS WE HEAR IN THE WEEKLY CROP REPORT. 

THERE WERE ABOUT FIVE DAYS SUITABLE FOR FIELDWORK THIS PAST WEEK. CROP STATISTICIAN MARK SCHLEUSENER SAYS 96 PERCENT OF SOYBEANS ARE DROPPING LEAVES.

93 PERCENT OF CORN IS MATURE, AND 54 PERCENT HAS BEEN HARVESTED. 

75 PERCENT OF WINTER WHEAT HAS BEEN PLANTED AND 47 PERCENT HAS EMERGED. AVERAGE STATEWIDE TOPSOIL MOISTURE INCREASED TO TWO PERCENT VERY SHORT, EIGHT PERCENT SHORT, 71 PERCENT ADEQUATE AND 19 PERCENT SURPLUS.