FALL HARVESTING CONTINUES AS WE HEAR IN THE WEEKLY CROP REPORT. 

TEMPERATURES WERE ABOUT TWO DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND RAINFALL SLIGHLY ABOVE AVERAGE THIS PAST WEEK...LEAVING ALMOST FIVE DAYS SUITABLE FOR FIELDWORK SAYS CROP STATISTICIAN MARK SCHLEUSENER.

67 PERCENT OF WINTER WHEAT HAS BEEN PLANTED AND 48 PERCENT EMERGED. 

PASTURES IMPROVED TO 48 PERCENT IN GOOD TO EXCELLENT CONDITION.

AVERAGE STATEWIDE TOPSOIL MOISTURE IS RATED AT TWO PERCENT VERY SHORT, EIGHT PERCENT SHORT, 65 PERCENT ADEQUATE AND 25 PERCENT SURPLUS.