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New York Farmers Continue Corn, Soybean Harvests
New York Ag Connection - 11/24/2020
According to the National Agricultural Statistics Service in New York, there were 3.5 days suitable for fieldwork for the week ending Sunday.
Topsoil moisture supplies were 2 percent very short, 9 percent short, 78 percent adequate, and 11 percent surplus. Subsoil moisture supplies were 7 percent very short, 8 percent short, 70 percent adequate, and 15 percent surplus.
Corn harvested for grain was 60 percent, ahead of 2019's 54 percent but behind the 5-year average of 66 percent. The soybean harvest was 85 percent complete, ahead of last year's 80 percent and about equal with the 5-year average of 86 percent.
Fourth-cutting of alfalfa hay was 84 percent complete, while fourth-cutting of other hay was 83 percent complete.
Fall tillage was 77 percent complete, behind last year and the 5-year averages of 86 percent.
Winter wheat planted was nearly complete at 96 percent, and emerged was reported at 92 percent.
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