Crop Report
Harvest is progressing well after a brief break due to rain last week. Soybeans are very dusty, with leaves dying prematurely and hanging on the plant. Moisture is below 10% in most fields. Corn continues to dry down as beans are cut.
Perfect harvest weather! A bit warm but great conditions. Still dry and fire hazards are high with machinery.
Over two inches fell in some areas early last week.
Field conditions are good, even in areas that had rain last week. Most are loading trucks in the field with no issues. Wheat sowing will begin as the calendar turns to October.
Cover crop sowing and tillage have picked up as more crops come off. The rain has made it possible for fall soil testing as well.
All but the latest planting and replant are turning. Some double crop are turning too.
All black layer and should be frost safe now.
Planting is beginning.
Thin stands of corn and soybeans showing weed escapes as we pull that crop off.
Perfect conditions to get CC sown.
Most April-planted crop is harvested. May corn yields are off 30 to 50 BPA compared to April. There is little optimism for June-planted corn. Soybean yields are variable, ranging from the low 40s to over 70 BPA. Later-planted soybeans are not expected to reach that high of a top-end yield.