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Published August 31, 2010, 09:37 AM

State's corn crop ahead of schedule

Wisconsin News
- Wisconsin’s corn crop is still racing ahead of schedule, thanks to a second straight week of warm-and-dry weather.

Wisconsin’s corn crop is still racing ahead of schedule, thanks to a second straight week of warm-and-dry weather.

The various development stages are well ahead of last year. And about seven-percent of the corn is mature – much more than the normal one-percent at this time. About seven-percent of the corn-for-feed has been chopped. And 82-percent of the crop is good-to-excellent condition.

Officials say Wisconsin soybeans are also humming along as normal. 84-percent of the crop is in good-to-excellent condition, but there are some reports of white-mold and sudden death syndrome. Crop reporters report some stress due to the wet summer. They also say the weather is the best this year for making hay, and 80-percent of the third crop is in, along with 19-percent of the fourth crop.

Eau Claire is the only reporting station to have below-normal precipitation for the year. Eighty-two percent of Wisconsin farm fields have adequate soil moisture, and 10-percent have a surplus.

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