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Minnesota Gets Best Week for Fieldwork Since July
Minnesota Ag Connection - 10/25/2016

Almost one-quarter of the corn for grain was harvested in Minnesota during the week ending October 23, 2016, according to USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. There were 5.8 days suitable for fieldwork, the most days suitable since the first week of July. While the weather allowed harvest operations to progress, there were still areas that remained too wet to harvest. Field activities for the week included harvesting, fall fertilizer applications, and fall tilling.

Topsoil moisture supplies were rated 0 percent very short, 2 percent short, 78 percent adequate, and 20 percent surplus. Subsoil moisture supplies were rated 0 percent very short, 2 percent short, 78 percent adequate, and 20 percent surplus.

With nearly one-quarter of the corn for grain harvested during the week, corn for grain harvest advanced to 55 percent complete, 3 days behind the five-year average and 6 days behind last year. Corn moisture content of grain at harvest was 18 percent. Corn condition rated 87 percent good to excellent, up 1 percentage point from last week. Soybean harvest was 95 percent complete, 1 week behind last year. Sixty-five percent of the sunflower acreage was harvested. Advancing 20 percentage points from the previous week, 91 percent of the sugarbeet crop was harvested, equal to the average, but 10 days behind last year.

Pasture condition rated 69 percent good to excellent, down 1 percentage point from last week.


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