Heat, Humidity and Rain Made for Happy Crops in Wisconsin
Tuesday, July 21st, 2020 -- 8:17 AM
(Wisconsin Ag Connection) -Though the humidity and frequent thunderstorms made it a poor week for drying hay, the corn, soybeans and small grains continued to thrive during the past week.According to the latest crop/weather report from the Wisconsin Ag Statistics Service, green peas for processing were being harvested in parts of the state; and the cranberry bloom was nearing completion in central Wisconsin. Topsoil moisture conditions were rated one percent very short, six percent short, 80 percent adequate and 13 percent surplus. As of Sunday, just over a third of the state's corn crop was silking. That was 11 days ahead of last year and two days further along when compared to the five-year average. About 81 percent of the corn was rated good to excellent. Seventy-three percent of the soybeans were blooming, more than three weeks ahead of 2019 and 10 days better than average.
A third of the beans were setting pods and the crop condition remained unchanged from a week ago at 83 percent good to excellent. Nearly all of the oats have now headed and 72 percent are coloring. Winter wheat was all but three percent coloring and nine percent of the crop has already been combined. And in the hay fields, farmers finished cutting 76 percent of the second alfalfa crop. That's close to average for this time in July, but eight percent ahead of last year.
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