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Wet, Cool Weather Affects Crops
Last week was a bit on the wet side -- and the cool side, too -- resulting in slowed progress of crops in much of state. The latest crop progress report from the USDA shows average temperatures fell while precipitation across the state was just a quarter inch above normal for this time of year allowing farmers over 5 days to get into their fields.

The average height of corn in the state is listed at 41 inches, which is 4 inches behind last year and 20 inches behind the five year average. Wheat is reported to be 62 percent harvested, ten percent higher than last year but 20 percent lower than the five year average.

Chief Crop statistician in Illinois for the USDA Brad Schwab says soybeans are one of the crops in good shape now. "Soybean emergence advanced to 94-percent, compared to 95-percent one year ago, and 99-percent for the five-year average," Schwab said. "Four percent of the state's acreage was reported blooming, and this compares to 10 percent one year ago, and 29-percent normally."

The Western reporting district had corn listed at a height of 42 inches, an inch above the state average and had 96 percent of the soybeans in the district already emerged. The average temperature in the district fell 6 degrees below average to nearly 69 degrees while precipitation was a tenth of an inch higher than average with the district getting 1.2 inches of rain last week.
07 09 09 by Newsroom
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