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Producers, who are anxious to harvest crops, were again frustrated by weather and field conditions. Abundant rainfall throughout the week again halted most field activities. The continued delays have led to record setting slow harvests in Illinois. Since 1940, this is the third slowest corn harvest on record at 19 percent and the slowest since 1967 when only 10 percent of harvest was complete on Nov. 1. Soybean harvest is the second slowest on record at 35 percent, the lowest since 1941 when 21 percent was harvested at this time.

There were only 1.3 days suitable for fieldwork reported. Topsoil moisture was rated 19 percent adequate and 81 percent surplus. Corn was rated at 62 percent good to excellent, 30 percent fair with 8 percent rated as poor or very poor. Soybeans were rated at 58 percent good to excellent, 30 percent rated as fair, and 12 percent rated as poor or very poor. Temperatures statewide averaged 51 degrees, 0.8 degrees below average. Statewide precipitation averaged 2.64 inches, 1.89 inches above average.

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