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Modest Precipitation Has Little Impact on Ohio
Ohio Ag Connection - 10/20/2020

Modest precipitation throughout the week was not enough to decrease the amount of acres seeing abnormally dry conditions, according to Cheryl Turner, state statistician, USDA NASS, Ohio Field Office. Topsoil moisture conditions were rated 55 percent adequate to surplus by week's end, up 14 percentage points from the previous week.

However, approximately 56 percent of the state was abnormally dry, according to the most recent Drought Monitor, viewable at https://bit.ly/3oisrd0. Average temperatures for the week were 0.1 degrees above historical normals and the entire State averaged 0.50 inches of precipitation. There were 5.4 days suitable for fieldwork during the week ending Sunday.

Farmers harvested crops, planted cover crops, and tilled fields.

Soybeans dropping leaves was at 97 percent, ahead of the five-year average by 2 percentage points. Soybeans harvested was at 65 percent while soybeans moisture content was at 13 percent.

Corn mature was 3 percentage points behind the five-year average at 86 percent while corn moisture content was rated 22 percent.

Alfalfa hay fourth cutting was at 91 percent, ahead of last year by 3 percentage points.

Other hay third cutting was at 93 percent, 2 percentage points behind the five-year average.

Forty-nine percent of corn was rated good to excellent condition compared to the five-year average of 57 percent and 33 percent of pasture and range was rated good to excellent condition.


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