Monday, October 3, 2011

Weather slows crop maturity

Corn and soybean crops have been slow to reach maturity as Indiana saw mostly cool, wet and overcast weather last week. Corn and soybean harvest are well behind last year with both falling 23 days behind a year ago.
While a majority of the state’s corn crop has reached the dent stage, just 65 percent has matured. That number is 32 points behind a year ago and 10 percentage points behind the five-year average. Only 10 percent of Indiana’s corn crop has been harvested, over 50 percent

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