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Tuesday, August 2, 2011

New Crop Report

There are not really a lot of surprises in this week's crop report.  I question a little bit the 87% of soybeans blooming.  It's August 1 and soybeans start to bloom no matter what around this time.  I admit some of the very late planted beans my not be blooming yet.

The thing that caught my eye is the heat.  Temperatures were 6 degrees above "normal".  That is quite a departure.  Growing degree days are also ahead of normal.  Rainfall for the week was close to "normal", but 47% say that moisture is short or very short.  That looks a bit odd, but when your corn is rolling because of the heat,  it is hard to say moisture is adequate.

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