A warm and dry week allowed harvest to make significant progress as we hear in this weekly crop report. 

State crop statistician Mark Schluessner says nearly six days were suitable for fieldwork as temperatures were about six degrees above average while rainfall was below average for the week.

Soybean harvest is nearly half complete with the crop reported in 69 percent in good to excellent condition.

According to Schluessner, just 32 percent of corn is harvested. With the trend of early plant beans, producers are getting soybeans ahead of corn.

Winter wheat planting is 18 percent complete - ahead of the five-year pace - while six percent has emerged.

Pasture conditions were 32 percent very poor to poor, 32 fair, and 36 percent good to excellent.

Schluessner reminds NAS will release its updated October crop production report with updated yields for corn and soybeans.