Ohio Ag News Headlines Ohio Temperature and Harvest Both Heat Up Ohio Ag Connection - 10/10/2018 A warm week, where temperatures averaged 11 degrees above normal, helped push harvest last week according to Cheryl Turner, state statistician, USDA, NASS, Ohio Field Office. There were 4.4 days suitable for fieldwork in Ohio during the week ending Sunday. The warm temperatures allowed farmers to keep corn harvest ahead of the 5 year average. Phenomenal progress was made in harvesting soybeans last week; 15 percent of the crop was harvested. Even with this tremendous progress, soybean harvest lagged the 5-year average. Winter wheat emergence was good and hay producers were cutting and baling as fields allowed. Other fieldwork included hauling and spreading manure, cover crop seeding, fertilizer applications, and fall tillage. The average moisture content of corn harvested last week was 19 percent and the average for soybeans was 13 percent. Send this article to a friend Other Ohio Headlines Report: Online Grocery Sales to Quadruple by 2023 High Yields and Aid Help Offset Low Commodity Prices Warm Weather Delays Fall Color, Brilliant Colors Still Expected Blue Roses Could be Coming to a Garden Near You Conference to Address Farm Income and Trade Ohio State, Kentucky FFA Top KILE Judging Contests Ants Surrender Their Venomous Secrets Copyright © 2018 - USAgNet.com. All Rights Reserved.