Dry Weather Allows for Fieldwork
Published: Friday, July 5, 2019
The following is from the Indiana Field Office of USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service for the week ending June 30.
Much needed dry weather allowed farmers to make significant progress over the last week. Below average rainfall brought soil moisture levels back down towards the five-year average.
The average temperature for the week was 76.5 degrees Fahrenheit, 3.4 degrees above normal for the state. The amount of rainfall varied from .02 inches to 2.20 inches over the week.
The statewide average precipitation was .98 inches. There were 4.9 days suitable for fieldwork.
Corn planting was all but wrapped up for the season, and growers were able to make significant progress with soybean planting.
Winter wheat conditions remained relatively unchanged, and harvest progressed steadily but remains well behind the previous year and five-year average.
Farmers were able to make progress with hay cuttings, though it remained behind schedule. Other activities for the week included sidedressing corn, spraying for weeds and replanting where necessary.
Topsoil moisture was rated very short, 0 percent; short, 4 percent; adequate, 66 percent; surplus, 30 percent.
Subsoil moisture was rated very short, 0 percent; short, 3 percent; adequate, 62 percent; surplus, 35 percent.
The crop progress schedule (last week, previous week, 2018 and 5-year average) showed: corn, planted 95, 91, 100, 100; corn, emerged 88, 79, 100, 100; soybeans, planted 88, 75, 100, 99; soybeans, emerged 73, 56, 100, 96; winter wheat, mature 77, 49, 88, 81; winter wheat, harvested 28, 10, 47, 41; alfalfa hay, first cutting 81, 55, 100, 97; alfalfa hay, second cutting 4, NA, 38, 29; other hay, first cutting 77, 59, 95, 93; other hay, second cutting 2, NA, 25, 21.
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