Minnesota Farmers Closing Out Corn and Sunflower Harvests

Snow and freezing temperatures limited farmers to just 3.0 days suitable for fieldwork for the week ending Sunday, according to the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Topsoil moisture supplies were rated 22 percent very short, 35 percent short, 42 percent adequate, and 1 percent surplus. Subsoil moisture supplies were rated 19 percent very short, 36 percent short, 45 percent adequate, and 0 percent surplus.

Corn harvested for grain was at 98 percent and sunflower harvest wrapped up.