Indiana corn and soybean fields are showing signs of stress as farmers hope for more rainfall. USDA reporters say the state’s rainfall varied from zero to just over 6/10ths of an inch last week, and nowhere near the amount of rain needed.
Crop conditions worsened with only 48% of the state’s corn now in good to excellent condition, and 50% of Indiana’s soybeans in good to excellent condition.
The dry weather did help farmers with hay and wheat harvesting, as 40% of first-crop alfalfa is in, and 39% of the non-alfalfa second crop has been harvested.
