Fall Harvest

Hoosier Harvest Officially Underway

Corn condition is rated 44 percent good to excellent, compared with 71 percent last year at this time. Ninety-eight percent of the corn acreage is in the dough stage, compared with 95 percent last year and 93 percent for the average. Seventy-nine percent of the corn acreage is now dented, compared with 70 percent last year and 62 percent for the 5-year average. Twenty-five percent of the corn acreage is mature, compared with 9 percent last year and 12 percent for the average. Soybean condition is rated 43 percent good to excellent, compared with 73 percent last year at this time. Twenty percent soybean acreage is shedding leaves, compared with 5 percent last year and 12 percent for the 5-year average.