Winter Wheat Harvest Wraps Up
Published: Friday, July 28, 2023
The following is from the Indiana Field Office of USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service for the week ending July 23.
Cool, dry weather pushed winter wheat harvest closer to completion. Soil moisture levels decreased from the previous week, with 61% of topsoil moisture reported as adequate or surplus.
The average temperature for the week was 72.4 degrees F, 3.1 degrees below normal.
The amount of rainfall varied from none to 2.50 inches over the week.
The statewide average precipitation was .64 inches, .38 inches below normal.
There were 5.8 days suitable for fieldwork.
Winter wheat harvest neared completion slightly behind its five-year average pace.
Corn condition was rated 61% good to excellent. Over half of the state's soybeans were in bloom with 59% of the crop rated in good to excellent condition.
Cuttings of alfalfa and other hay were taken where regrowth was adequate. Pasture conditions were rated 50% good to excellent. Some livestock needed supplemental hay due to slow pasture regrowth or overgrazing.
Other activities for the week included fungicide spraying, mowing and pest monitoring.
Topsoil moisture was rated very short, 11%; short, 28%; adequate, 58%; surplus, 3%.
Subsoil moisture was rated very short, 14%; short, 30%; adequate, 54%; surplus, 2%.
The crop progress schedule (last week, previous week, 2022 and five-year average) showed: corn silking, 64, 40, 65, 66; corn dough, 11, 4, 9, 10; soybeans blooming, 59, 42, 60, 61; soybeans setting pods, 20, 9, 22, 29; winter wheat harvested, 96, 89, 99, 97; alfalfa hay, second cutting, 79, 69, 84, 79; alfalfa hay, third cutting, 4, NA, 11, 7; other hay, second cutting, 62, 51, 62, 61; other hay, third cutting, 1, NA, 4, NA.
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