Abnormally dry conditions in Michigan have pushed harvest well ahead of normal.
The Michigan Ag Statics Office says farmers had 5.5 days for field activities between sporadic rain showers last week. The U.S. Drought Monitor designated six counties in the Upper Peninsula as moderately drought and named many other areas of the state as abnormally dry.
Michigan’s corn crop is ahead of average and approaching the halfway mark, now 47 percent complete. Condition remains steady at 71 percent good to excellent. Sugarbeet harvest is also ahead of normal at 53 percent. Condition remains steady at 88 percent good to excellent. Soybean harvest is ahead of the five year average by 13 percentage points, now 82 percent finished.
Dry bean harvest is nearly complete, now at 82 percent, near average. Winter wheat planting is ahead of average as well, now 90 percent planted.
Source: www.brownfieldagnews.com