CORN AND SOYBEAN HARVESTING IS UNDERWAY AS WE HEAR IN THE WEEKLY CROP REPORT.

THIS PAST WEEK WAS WARMER THAN NORMAL AND RAINFALL WAS JUST A BIT ABOVE AVERAGE, LEAVING ABOUT FIVE AND A HALF DAYS SUITABLE FOR FIELDWORK. CROP STATISTICIAN MARK SCHLEUSENER LOOKS AT SOYBEANS.

83 PERCENT OF CORN ACRES ARE MATURE AND 21 PERCENT OF THE CROP HAS BEEN HARVESTED. 

AVERAGE STATEWIDE TOPSOIL MOISTURE DROPPED TO 11 PERCENT VERY SHORT, 29 PERCENT SHORT, 58 PERCENT ADEQUATE AND TWO PERCENT SURPLUS. TWO PERCENT OF WINTER WHEAT HAS BEEN PLANTED.