Rain slows Nebraska harvest activity

Rain slows Nebraska harvest activity

A combination of more rain and slow-maturing crops is causing delays in Nebraska’s fall harvest.

As of Sunday, only eight percent of
corn and six percent of soybeans were harvested. Fifty-two percent of the corn
crop was mature, while 75 percent of soybeans were dropping leaves.

Sorghum was 38 percent mature with
only two percent harvested.

Winter wheat planting stood at 71
percent and 23 percent of the crop had emerged.

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