By Chris Hitzeman | November 11, 2009
Major gains have been made in soybeans and now corn ans well as sorghum across the state. However, corn and beans are still behind but catching up quick. Hunting will pickup but a lot more corn has to come out to really improve hunting conditions dramatically. The report also does not refelct the great gains made this week on crop harvest due to excellent harvest and drying weather.
FIELD CROPS REPORT
With the return of favorable weather, the soybean harvest
advanced 26 percentage points last week. Seventy-six percent
of the soybean crop has been harvested, compared to 97
percent last year and 99 percent for the five-year average.
Eighteen percent of corn has been harvested for grain,
compared to 50 percent last year and 71 percent for the fiveyear
average. Ninety-two percent of the winter wheat seeded
has emerged, compared to 93 percent last year and 96 percent
for the five-year average. Twenty-four percent of the
sunflower crop has been harvested, compared to 54 percent in
2008 and 71 percent for the five-year average. Sixty-seven
percent of the sorghum crop has been harvested for grain,
compared 54 percent last year and 83 percent for the five-year
average.
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