USDA: Corn, Soybeans Still Late But Scattered Harvests Begin

Wisconsin’s corn and soybean crops are still behind schedule, but the U-S-D-A says scattered corn has reached maturity and is being harvested for animal feed. The Wisconsin Ag Statistics Service says most of the corn crop is 2-6 days behind its maturity schedules and 72-percent of it is rated good to excellent — three-percent more than the previous week. Ninety-five percent of the soybeans have set pods, three days behind the norm. Seventy-five percent of the beans are good to excellent, two points higher than the week before. Eighty-six percent of Wisconsin’s oats for grain have been harvested, more than one week later than usual — and the potato harvest remains ahead of normal with 35-percent completed.