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Harvest weather continues in Wisconsin

Temperatures just slightly below normal and very light precipitation allowed the combines to roll in Wisconsin last week. The weekly Crop Progress Report from the National Ag Statistics Service puts the corn-for-grain harvest at 55 percent complete, ten points ahead of the five year average. It could easily be more than that however farmers are in no rush to get it in choosing to let the crop dry down a little more in the field. Moistures are still in the upper teens and lower 20s. Yields are running anywhere from 130 to 200-plus.

The soybean harvest is 92 percent complete, also well-ahead of the five-year average with yields in the 30 to 50 bushel range.

A fair amount of fall tillage getting done, 41 percent as of Sunday compared to 29 percent normally on this date. Soil moisture is in pretty good shape across the Badger State with 78 percent classified as adequate and 15 percent surplus.

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