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Indiana crops: Corn 47 percent; soybeans 47 percent good to excellent

High temperatures and scattered heavy downpours restricted harvest progress and spraying activities.  According to the latest weekly Crop Report, corn condition held steady at 47 percent good to excellent with 67 percent of the crop silking and 5 percent in the dough stage.

Central Indiana farmer Denny Maple says they’ve had 30 inches of rain since April 1 – and the crop varies – depending on where you’re looking.  “The high ground corn and soybeans will do fairly well because the water has run off those areas,” he says.  “But the low, high-productive soils are stressed really hard or drowned completely out.”

Soybean conditions dropped two points this week with 47 percent of the crop rated good to excellent, 68 percent of the crop is blooming and 28 percent setting pods.

Maple tells Brownfield the soybeans really need some warm, dry weather.  “Their feet are pretty wet,” he says.  “And they seem to not flourish as well when the soil is that wet.”

He says harvest will be a challenge with the different maturity levels of the crops from the numerous replants this spring.

Winter wheat is 96 percent harvested and 80 percent of the second cutting of alfalfa hay is complete.  Harvest of specialty crops like mint, cucumbers, and potatoes made decent progress this past week.

Ninety percent of topsoil and 89 percent of subsoil moisture is adequate to surplus.

AUDIO: Dennis Maple, Indiana farmer

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