State harvest well ahead of schedule
Wisconsin News-- Wisconsin farmers are still well ahead of normal in harvesting their corn. Officials said 87-percent of the state’s corn-for-grain has been brought in as of Sunday. That’s 10-percent more than a week ago – and it’s 31-percent ahead of the average for the last five years.
Wisconsin farmers are still well ahead of normal in harvesting their corn. Officials said 87-percent of the state’s corn-for-grain has been brought in as of Sunday. That’s 10-percent more than a week ago – and it’s 31-percent ahead of the average for the last five years.
Officials say no part of Wisconsin is in an extreme drought anymore, but overall soil moisture still declined a little bit. Fifty-percent of farm fields are short or very-short of moisture, and only three-percent have a surplus.
Corn yields are below normal in the southern half of Wisconsin – but it’s a different story in the north, where above-average yields have some farmers hauling corn to southern areas where storage can be found. More corn is also being used for supplemental forage. Farmers are said to be 50-percent short on their hay and roughage supplies for feed – and just six-percent have a surplus.
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