WINTER WHEAT HARVESTING IS MORE THAN HALFWAY COMPLETE AS WE HEAR IN THE WEEKLY CROP REPORT.

RAINFALL WAS ABOVE NORMAL THIS PAST WEEK BUT PRODUCERS WERE ABLE TO GET TIME IN THE FIELDS FOR HARVESTING SAYS CROP STATISTICIAN MARK SCHLEUSENER.

ONE PERCENT OF CORN IS SILKING AND 67 PERCENT OF THE CROP IS IN GOOD TO EXCELLENT CONDITION. 

96 PERCENT OF SOYBEANS HAVE EMERGED AND 10 PERCENT ARE BLOOMING. AVERAGE STATEWIDE TOPSOIL MOISTURE NOW STANDS AT SIX PERCENT VERY SHORT, 18 PERCENT SHORT, 66 PERCENT ADEQUATE AND 10 PERCENT SURPLUS.