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Corn moisture levels still high in many areasNebraska For the week ending Oct. 4, cool conditions slowed crop dry down and corn harvest progress, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service, Nebraska Field Office, Oct. 5. Corn moisture levels are still high in many areas limiting harvest which is twelve days behind the average. Soybean harvest is near last year but three days behind the average. In the west, dry bean harvest was nearing completion while sugar beet harvest was just picking up speed. Hard freezing temperatures during the week ended the growing season in a number of counties. Temperatures averaged 8 degrees below normal across the state. Highs were in the 70s with the exception of the Panhandle and Southwest Districts where highs in the 80s and 90s were recorded. Most lows were in the mid to high 20s. Much of the state was dry with only the Northeast and North Central Districts receiving a quarter of an inch or more. Corn conditions rated 2 percent very poor, 5 percent poor, 12 percent fair, 55 percent good, and 26 percent excellent, above last year's 76 percent good or excellent rating. Irrigated fields rated 83 percent good or excellent, near year ago levels while dryland fields rated 76 percent above last year. Corn mature was 63 percent, ahead of last year's 60 percent but eight days behind the 80 percent average. Corn harvested was 6 percent, behind last year's 8 percent and twelve days behind the 16 percent average. Soybean conditions rated 1 percent very poor, 3 percent poor, 13 percent fair, 59 percent good, and 24 percent excellent, well above last year's 69 percent good or excellent condition. Soybeans dropping leaves were 91 percent, ahead of last year's 85 percent but near the average of 93 percent. Soybeans harvested were 27 percent, near last year's 28 percent but three days behind the 36 percent average. Alfalfa fourth cutting was 79 percent complete, ahead of last year's 70 percent but near the 77 percent average. Sorghum conditions rated 0 percent very poor, 3 percent poor, 20 percent fair, 57 percent good, and 20 percent excellent, above last year's 64 percent good or excellent condition. Sorghum turning color was 93 percent, behind last year's 96 percent and the average of 99 percent. Sorghum mature was 30 percent, near last year's 31 percent but twelve days behind the 69 percent average. Sorghum harvested was 2 percent, even with last year but behind the 9 percent average. Dry beans harvested were 84 percent, ahead of last year's 67 and eight days ahead of the 64 average. Winter wheat seeded was 85 percent, near last year's 83 and even with the average. Winter wheat emerged was 50 percent, near last year's 49 but behind the 54 average. Proso millet harvested was 47 percent, well behind last year's 67 percent and the 70 percent average. Pasture and range conditions rated 2 percent very poor, 5 percent poor, 22 percent fair, 57 percent good, and 14 percent excellent, above last year's 58 percent good or excellent condition.
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