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Too Much Moisture Keeping Crops From Fields
(IRN)-It's been too wet to gain much ground on the 2011 crop season, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's weekly crop report. About a quarter of the state reports surplus soil moisture, with an average of more than one inch of rain in the past week.

"One year ago, we had that wonderful planting season of April, and we were at 29 percent completed on corn planted," says Mark Schleusener, deputy director of the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service Illinois field office. "Well, we're not there."

The nine percent corn figure is in line with the five year average. The Illinois oat crop is 63 percent planted, ten points ahead of the average.

(Source: Illinois Radio Network)
04 19 11 by Newsroom
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