Corn silage harvest starting in Michigan

Corn silage harvest starting in Michigan

Heavy rainfall across much of Michigan was good for some

crops while the condition of others remains poor.

The USDA says the state’s corn crop condition is 42 percent

good to excellent with 80 percent in the dough stage, 41 percent dented and 3

percent mature.

Soybeans are 92 percent setting pods, 17 percent dropping

leaves and condition is 41 percent good to excellent.

Dry Beans are 57 percent good to excellent

while sugarbeets are 65 percent.  Some

farmers started corn silage harvest on immature fields.

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