FALL HARVESTING HAS WRAPPED UP AS WE HEAR IN THE LAST WEEKLY CROP REPORT OF THE SEASON.

CORN AND SOYBEANS ARE OUT OF THE GROUND AND 98 PERCENT OF WINTER WHEAT HAS BEEN PLANTED. 92 PERCENT OF WINTER WHEAT ACRES HAVE EMERGED, A LITTLE BEHIND LAST YEAR. CROP STATISTICIAN MARK SCHLEUSENER SAYS BOTH TEMPERATURES AND PRECIPITATION WERE BELOW NORMAL THIS PAST WEEK.

BOTH TEMPERATURES AND RAINFALL WERE BELOW NORMAL THIS PAST WEEK, LEAVING MORE THAN FIVE DAYS SUITABLE FOR FIELDWORK SAYS SCHLEUSENER.

PASTURE CONDITIONS DECLINED TO 55 PERCENT IN GOOD TO EXCELLENT CONDITION.