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By Dave Dahl
SPRINGFIELD – A warm, wet week finished off September for Illinois farmers. The statewide average temperature was 68 degrees, seven above normal. Average precipitation was 2.23 inches, almost an inch and a half more than normal.
Corn: 85 percent in the dent stage, 40 percent in the mature stage, four percent harvested.
Soybeans: 77 percent turning color, 41 percent dropping leaves, one percent harvested.
About 20 percent of each crop is in poor-to-very-poor condition. 47 percent of corn and 44 percent of soybeans are in good-to-excellent condition.
Dave Dahl can be reached at [email protected]