Scattered showers across Illinois kept topsoil moisture 80 percent adequate to surplus this past week.

Good to excellent ratings are 80 percent for corn, 77 percent for soybeans, and 58 percent for winter wheat.  Winter wheat harvest is 30 percent complete.

Illinois pastures are 64 percent good to excellent.

Continue reading Illinois crops progressing well despite heat at Brownfield Ag News.

     

Scattered showers across Illinois kept topsoil moisture 80 percent adequate to surplus this past week.

Good to excellent ratings are 80 percent for corn, 77 percent for soybeans, and 58 percent for winter wheat.  Winter wheat harvest is 30 percent complete.

Illinois pastures are 64 percent good to excellent.

Continue reading Illinois crops progressing well despite heat at Brownfield Ag News.