IT WAS A DRY WEEK FOR ILLINOIS CROPS.
THERE WAS NO MEASURABLE RAINFALL THIS PAST WEEK...DROPPING AVERAGE STATEWIDE TOPSOIL MOISTURE TO NINE PERCENT VERY SHORT, 27 PERCENT SHORT 61 PERCENT ADEQUATE AND THREE PERCENT SURPLUS. CROP STATISTICIAN MARK SCHLEUSENER PROVIDES AN UPDATE ON THE SOYBEAN CROP.
73 PERCENT OF CORN WERE RATED IN GOOD TO EXCELLENT CONDITION, RELATIVELY UNCHANGED FROM THE PREVIOUS WEEK. 53 PERCENT OF CORN IS MATURE AND FOUR PERCENT HAS BEEN HARVESTED.
AVERAGE STATEWIDE TOPSOIL MOISTURE DECLINED TO NINE PERCENT VERY SHORT, 27 PERCENT SHORT, 61 PERCENT ADEQUATE AND THREE PERCENT SURPLUS.