A significant acreage of soy straw has been baled for livestock bedding and in a few cases livestock feed. Corn silage harvest is complete. High moisture grain corn harvest is underway. A few growers are harvesting grain corn. Although moistures are still high some growers are taking the grain corn now to minimize losses due to cob drop caused by corn borers.
Uneven maturity is reported in many fields.
Early winter wheat plantings have adequate top growth for over wintering. Soil conditions are dry and later plantings, especially those on droughty soils, are in need of rain. The critical forage harvest period for the area has past and a few patient growers are now harvesting that 3rd cut to top up the forage stocks. A pleasant, seasonal week until Sunday night, when a cold front brought showers and much colder temperatures. The growing season ended in those areas which hadn't already received frost on Friday night.