Michigan cover cooperative pushes for even more acres
Small planes with big engines and confident pilots broke through the morning mist, landing during early hours at the Watervliet, Mich., airport on Aug. 27.
A return to dry, hot conditions allowed central Illinois farmers to get back to fieldwork last week, with precipitation below normal and heat reaching the mid-90s for several successive days.
Below-average temperatures and little to no rain have farmers concerned about the condition of their crops for the upcoming harvest, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) for the Great Lakes region.
Overall, things on Ed Beeler’s farm are looking okay, except for some of the cornfields known to be wet. His soybeans are looking good, especially the seed beans, which are excellent.
Dry weather in the Volunteer State meant good conditions for farmers to harvest crops and cut hay during the week ending Aug. 30, according to NASS’ weekly crop progress report.
Already-saturated fields, along with heavy rains last Friday, limited fieldwork to 3.9 suitable days, with scattered reports of SDS and white mold in soybean fields for the week ending Aug. 30, according to the Aug. 31 Iowa Crop & Weather report.
