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Increased Precipitation Slows Ohio Harvest
Ohio Ag Connection - 10/27/2020

Crops were harvested at a slower pace due to higher amounts of precipitation last week, according to Cheryl Turner, state statistician, USDA NASS, Ohio Field Office. Topsoil moisture conditions were rated 84 percent adequate to surplus by week's end, up 29 percentage points from the previous week. Approximately 28 percent of the state was abnormally dry or worse, according to the most recent Drought Monitor, compared to 56 percent the previous week.

Average temperatures for the week were 5.1 degrees above historical normals and the entire State averaged 1.84 inches of precipitation. There were 2.8 days suitable for fieldwork during the week ending Sunday.

Soybeans dropping leaves reached 100 percent, ahead of the five-year average by 2 percentage points. Soybeans harvested was at 73 percent while soybeans moisture content was at 13 percent. Corn mature was at 93 percent, one percentage point behind the five-year average, while corn moisture content was rated 22 percent. Alfalfa hay fourth cutting was at 92 percent, ahead of last year by 1 percentage point. Other hay third cutting was at 94 percent. Fifty percent of corn was rated good to excellent condition compared to 36 percent the previous year and 33 percent of pasture and range was rated good to excellent condition.


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