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The harvest of 2010 continues to speed along in Wisconsin.
The latest updated from the Wisconsin Ag Statistical Servce shows 30 percent of the states corn crop was harvested for grain as of Sunday. That figure is up 11 percentage points from last week and 16 percentage points above the five-year average. Corn for silage was reported at 95 percent harvested statewide. High moisture corn harvest was in full swing across much of the northern half of the state, and many reported moisture levels in the teens across the southern half of the state. Corn for grain yields were reported as good to excellent.
In southern Wisconsin, finding a soybean field left to be harvested is challenging. Statewide sixty-three percent of soybeans were reported harvested, up 40 percentage points from the previous week and 32 percentage points above the five-year average. Yields were reported as good to excellent across much of the state. With low yields reported for low-lying areas or areas that were flooded earlier in the season.
Hay making continued too. Fourth cutting of hay was reported at 81 percent complete across the state, 13 percentage points above the five-year average. Quality and yield were reported as good. A report from Oneida County stated that some are green chopping or late grazing some hay fields. A report from Buffalo County said some were able to take fifth crop hay.
Winter wheat planting continued last week as other crops were harvested. Earlier planted winter wheat was reported to have emerged in Eau Claire and Washburn Counties. Moisture is needed to continue to aid winter wheat emergence.
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