ILLINOIS FARMERS CONTINUE TO INCH TOWARDS THE FINISH LINE AS WE HEAR IN THE WEEKLY CROP REPORT. 

TEMPERATURES WERE NEARLY 15 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL THIS PAST WEEK, AND PRECIPITATION WAS ALSO DOWN DESPITE MONDAY’S SNOWFALL SAYS CROP STATISTICIAN MARK SCHLEUSENER.

80 PERCENT OF CORN AND 92 PERCENT OF SOYBEANS HAVE BEEN HARVESTED. 

99 PERCENT OF WINTER WHEAT HAS BEEN PLANTED WITH 85 PERCENT EMERGED.