Wisconsin Farmers Continue to Make Progress in the Fields, But Conditions Are Dry

Tuesday, September 21st, 2021 -- 9:00 AM

(Wisconsin Ag Connection) Another week of above normal temperatures and dry weather allowed farmers to get their corn silage harvest past the halfway point last week.

But the Wisconsin Ag Statistics Service noted in this week's crop report on Monday that topsoil moisture levels were getting dry, with 12 percent rated very short, 16 percent short, 68 percent adequate and four percent surplus.

The state's corn crop is now 90 percent dented and 36 percent mature. Farmers have begun combining a small amount of the crop for grain already, while those who chop their corn for silage now have 56 percent of it off the fields.

That's one day behind last year, but more than a week ahead of the average. All but 10 percent of the soybeans are coloring and 52 percent are dropping leaves.

Only two percent of the beans have been harvested so far, mainly in southern Wisconsin counties. The fall potato harvest is reported at 52 percent complete.

Nearly a third of the winter wheat has been sowed, which is nine days behind last, but two days better than the five-year average. Twelve percent of the winter wheat was emerged as of this past weekend. And the fourth hay crop of the year is 82 percent complete.

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