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Ohio crops: corn 58%; soybeans 55% good to excellent

Drier weather is creating additional challenges to an already difficult growing season for Ohio farmers.  Ohio state statistician Cheryl Turner with USDA says the excessive moisture early in the growing season caused a shallow root system that decreases the crops’ ability to handle dry weather.

According to the latest weekly crop report, 58 percent of the corn crop is rated good to excellent.  Ninety-five percent of the crop is silking, 55 percent is in the dough stage, and 5 percent has dented.

Soybeans are rated 55 percent good to excellent with 91 percent of the crop blooming and 73 percent setting pods.

Bill McDonald, an agronomist with Ohio-based Seed Consultants says soybeans haven’t seen much disease pressure this year.

“Naturally I’m starting to see some Sudden Death Syndrome in soybeans along with a little bit of white mold, but overall plant health seems to be pretty good,” he says

Oat harvest has neared completion and the dry weather has been favorable for making hay.

Eighty-two percent of topsoil and 87 percent of subsoil moisture is adequate to surplus.

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