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Weekly Crop Report

CORN PLANTING HAS BEGUN IN ILLINOIS.

 

NEARLY FOUR DAYS WERE SUITABLE FOR FIELDWORK THIS PAST WEEK, GIVING PRODUCERS TIME TO START PLANTING SAYS CROP STATISITICAN MARK SCHLEUSENER.

 

 

THREE PERCENT OF WINTER WHEAT HAS HEADED AND 73 PERCENT OF THE CROP IS RATED IN GOOD TO EXCELLENT CONDITION. 

 

 

PASTURE CONDITIONS IMPROVED QUITE A BIT, TO 70 PERCENT IN GOOD TO EXCELLENT CONDITION. 

 

RAIN WAS MORE THAN AN INCH ABOVE NORMAL, BOOSTING AVERAGE STATEWIDE TOPSOIL MOISTURE TO SIX PERCENT SHORT, 73 PERCENT ADEQUATE AND 21 PERCENT SURPLUS.

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