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Corn and rice harvest begin in MO
By Carah Hart
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Corn and rice harvest started in the last week in portions of Missouri, with temperatures and moisture below normal for this time of the year.
USDA says 2% of the corn is harvested, with 17% of the state’s crop is mature and 75% of the crop dented. Missouri’s corn is rated 78% good to excellent.
Rice harvest is 7% complete, ahead of average with conditions rated 71% good to excellent.
Five percent of the state’s soybeans are dropping leaves, with most of the crop setting pods. Conditions are rated 75% good to excellent. The USDA says 5% of cotton bolls have opened, ahead of average with conditions rated 88% good to excellent.
Missouri’s supplies of hay and other roughages are 94% adequate to surplus and stock water supplies are 95% adequate to surplus.
https://www.brownfieldagnews.com/news/corn-and-rice-harvest-begin-in-mo/Published Date: August 27, 2024