CORN AND SOYBEAN HARVESTING IS UNDERWAY IN ILLINOIS, BUT REMAINS BEHIND LAST YEAR'S PACE. 

PRETTY MUCH THE WHOLE WEEK WAS SUITABLE FOR FIELDWORK, AND 10 PERCENT OF SOYBEANS HAVE NOW BEEN HARVESTED. THAT COMPARES TO 26 PERCENT AT THIS TIME NORMALLY. CROP STATISTICIAN MARK SCHLEUSENER LOOKS AT THE CORN CROP.

63 PERCENT OF CORN ACRES ARE MATURE AND 13 PERCENT HAS BEEN HARVESTED. USUALLY AT THIS TIME, 29 PERCENT OF CORN IS OUT OF THE GROUND SAYS CROP STATISTICIAN MARK SCHLEUSENER.

AVERAGE STATEWIDE TOPSOIL MOISTURE DROPPED TO 11 PERCENT VERY SHORT, 38 PERCENT SHORT AND 51 PERCENT ADEQUATE. FOUR PERCENT OF WINTER WHEAT HAS BEEN PLANTED.