Hot, Dry Weather Spurs Progress
Published: Friday, June 12, 2020
The following is from the Indiana Field Office of USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service for the week ending June 7.
Hot and dry weather throughout the week allowed for significant fieldwork. Soil moisture levels decreased again from the previous week.
The average temperature for the week was 72.7 degrees Fahrenheit, 5 degrees above normal for the state. The amount of rainfall varied from none to 2.17 inches over the week. The statewide average precipitation was .40 inches.
There were 5.6 days suitable for fieldwork.
Ideal conditions last week allowed growers to all but wrap up corn planting and replanting, with soybeans not far behind.
Winter wheat conditions improved slightly, and progress was in line with the five-year average.
Growers took advantage of the dry weather to make major progress with hay cutting throughout the state. Cattle and other livestock were reported to be in good condition and enjoying pasture growth.
Other activities for the week included sidedressing corn, herbicide applications, mowing ditches and submitting plant samples.
Topsoil moisture was rated very short, 2 percent; short, 12 percent; adequate, 76 percent; surplus, 10 percent.
Subsoil moisture was rated very short, 1 percent; short, 9 percent; adequate, 77 percent; surplus, 13 percent.
The crop progress schedule (last week, previous week, 2019 and 5-year average) showed: corn planted, 95, 87, 57, 89; corn emerged, 85, 73, 30, 76; soybeans planted, 88, 76, 35, 77; soybeans emerged, 74, 58, 16, 58; winter wheat headed, 90, 73, 85, 93; winter wheat mature, 9, 1, NA, NA; alfalfa hay, first cutting, 66, 26, 31, 67; other hay, first cutting, 58, 22, 35, 54.
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