Moderate temperatures and limited precipitation supported adequate row crop growth and wheat harvesting opportunities, according to Cheryl Turner, state statistician, USDA NASS, Ohio Field Office. Topsoil moisture conditions were rated 1 percent very short, 26 percent short, 61 percent adequate, and 12 percent surplus. Statewide, the average temperature for the week ending Monday was 72.4 degrees, 0.9 degrees below normal. Weather stations recorded an average of 0.92 inches of precipitation, 0.02 inches above average. There were 4.6 days suitable for fieldwork during the week ending Sunday.
Activities for the week included seed corn detasseling, straw baling, planting double crop soybeans, spraying, and installing field tile.
Corn silking progress was 23 percent complete while corn condition was rated 49 percent good to excellent.
Nearly half of soybeans were blooming and pod setting progress reached 11 percent; forty-seven percent of soybeans were reported as being in good to excellent condition.
Oats were 89 percent headed and 4 percent harvested, with crop condition reported as 70 percent good to excellent.
Winter wheat harvest was nearly complete.
Second cuttings of alfalfa hay were 68 percent complete while second cuttings of other dry hay were 53 percent complete. Pasture and range condition was reported as 62 percent good to excellent.
Categories: Ohio, Crops, Corn, Soybeans, Wheat, Harvesting, Weather