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A little rain helps the Wisconsin soybean crop
A few scattered showers last week were a good shot-in-the-arm especially for soybeans in Wisconsin. The weekly crop progress report from the National Ag Statistics Service Wisconsin Field Office has soil moisture at 37 percent very short, 35 percent short and 28 percent adequate across the Badger State, just a little change from the previous week. The Central Region is the driest with 18 percent short and 81 percent very short. Precipitation ranged from 0.32 inches in Green Bay to 1.51 inches in La Crosse temperatures were 2 to 6 degrees above normal for the week.
The Wisconsin corn crop is rated 10 percent good to excellent condition, 24 percent fairy and 66 percent poor to very poor shape, a four-percent decline from last week. The crop is 93 percent silked, 14 points ahead of normal. 25 percent is in dough, double the five-year average for this date.
The Badger State soybean crop is 92 percent blooming with 64 percent setting pods, 10 and 20 points ahead of the five year average. The beans are rated 39 percent good to excellent condition, 33 percent fair and 28 percent poor to very poor a two-point improvement from a week ago. A number of counties are reporting problems with spider mites.
Oats are 83 percent combined with yields of 30 to 100 bushels being reported.
Read the full NASS report here:
2012-08-06 15:38:14
Source: http://brownfieldagnews.com/2012/08/06/a-little-rain-helps-the-wisconsin-soybean-crop/
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