Harvest Beginning Soon

According to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, Nebraska Field Office, corn condition is rated 58 percent good and 23 percent excellent, above 2009 ratings. Mature corn was at 78 percent, well ahead of 30 percent last year and the 59 average. Corn Harvest was 10 percent complete, ahead of 3 last year and the 7 average.

Temperature across the state averaged 4 to 6 degrees above normal in all regions of the state except the North Central and Northeast Districts, which were 1 to 2 degrees above normal. The eastern third of the state received the most rainfall with areas of the Northeast District receiving 2 to 6 inches of precipitation. The Panhandle, Southwest, and South Central Districts were drier and averaged less than .50 inch of precipitation.

 For more, click here to view the Nebraska Corn Board's crop progress update.

Nationally, 85 percent of corn is mature, compared to 69 last week and 35 a year ago. For acres harvested, 27 percent is complete, compared to 18 percent last week and 6 last year. The national average is at 15 percent. In terms of overall condition of the corn crop, 19 percent is excellent, 47 percent is good, 21 percent is fair, 9 percent is poor and 4 percent is very poor.



 
This week's photos, from the Nebraska Corn Board's crop progress set on Flickr, feature photos submitted by the Heartland FFA Chapter (top), Howells Clarkson FFA Chapter (middle), and the Imperial FFA Chapter (bottom).






The top photo shows that harvest is underway for high moisture corn. Corn moisture was between 25%-30%. The corn being harvested here was sent to a local feedlot to be ground up and fed to cattle. The middle photo shows the full ears of corn, ready to be harvested soon.  Below that is the scene of a field up-close and close to harvest.