USA: Wisconsin farmers harvesting small grains as row crops continue developing

Published Aug 5, 2024

Tridge summary

Wisconsin had a warm and mostly dry week, aiding small grain harvesting and row crop development. Topsoil and subsoil moisture levels are mostly adequate. Corn is progressing well with 72% silking and 24% in the dough stage, and 61% rated good to excellent. Soybeans are also developing, with 81% blooming and 49% setting pods, and 60% rated good to excellent. Oats are 91% coloring and 45% harvested, with 79% rated good to excellent. The winter wheat harvest is 86% complete, ahead of the average pace. Alfalfa hay's second cutting is 92% done, and the third crop is 48% finished, with an overall condition rating of 80% good to excellent. The potato harvest has begun, with 13% harvested and 91% rated good to excellent.

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Original content

Wisconsin’s warm and mostly dry week allowed for small grain harvesting and good row crop development. USDA reporters say only six percent of the state’s topsoil and three percent of the subsoil is short of moisture. Seventy-two percent of the state’s corn is silking with 24% now in the dough stage. Sixty-one percent of Wisconsin’s corn is rated good to excellent. Eighty-one percent of the soybeans are blooming with 49% setting pods. Sixty percent of the soybeans are rated good to excellent. Ninety-one percent of the oats are coloring and 45% of the oats have already been harvested. Seventy-nine percent of the oats are rated good to excellent. The harvest for winter wheat is 86% finished, which is nine days ahead of average. The second cutting of alfalfa hay is 92% done, and ...

Source: Brownfield Ag