Over a quarter of corn crop now harvested

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Almost a quarter of Wisconsin’s corn crop has been harvested. That’s up from 12-percent a week ago, and seven-percent over the past five years.

Thirty-eight percent of the corn is in poor-to-very poor condition due to this year’s drought. Almost 30-percent is in good condition, and seven-percent is rated excellent. Just over a quarter of the state’s corn is said to be fair. Wisconsin soybeans continue to do better, as 42-percent of that crop is in – up from 14-percent a week ago and the five-year norm of eight-percent. Three-fourths of the soybeans are rated fair-to-excellent. Wisconsin’s pastures are still not doing well because of the dry weather.

Seventy-three percent of pasture-land is rated poor-to-very poor. Nationally, only 55-percent of pastures and rangelands are in poor shape. Corn and soybean harvests are much faster than normal throughout the country – and the emergence of winter wheat is slow, due to dry soils in some places.

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