HARVEST PROGRESS SLOWED IN ILLINOIS AFTER A RAINY WEEK IN MANY AREAS.

ON AVERAGE, TEMPERATURES WERE MORE THAN FIVE DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND RAINFALL NEARLY AN INCH AND A QUARTER ABOVE NORMAL THIS PAST WEEK. THAT LEFT LESS THAN THREE DAYS SUITABLE FOR FIELDWORK. CROP STATISTICIAN MARK SCHLEUSENER SAYS 92 PERCENT OF SOYBEANS ARE DROPPING LEAVES.

62 PERCENT OF CORN HAS BEEN HARVESTED, COMPARED TO 63 PERCENT AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR. 

51 PERCENT OF WINTER WHEAT HAS BEEN PLANTED AND 34 PERCENT HAS EMERGED. AVERAGE STATWIDE TOPSOIL MOISTURE INCREASED TO ONE PERCENT VERY SHORT, SIX PERCENT SHORT, 72 PERCENT ADEQUATE AND 21 PERCENT SURPLUS.