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Crops improved in Michigan
Michigan’s corn and soybean conditions improved last week, as the weather brought cooler temperatures and less rainfall.
Statistician Marlo Johnson says corn and soybeans remain behind last year and the five-year averages, and the wheat harvest and second-crop hay harvest wrapped up for several western and southeastern counties in the lower peninsula.
Forty-three percent of Michigan’s corn is in good condition, with 11# excellent, 35% fair, and 9% poor. Eighty-six percent of the corn is silking, with 38% in the dough stage, and 2% dented.
Forty-three percent of the state’s soybeans are also rated good, with just 7% excellent, 40% fair, and 8% poor. Eighty-five percent of the soybeans are blooming, with 70% setting pods.
Michigan’s barley, dry edible beans, and oats all have a majority of the crop rated fair. Forty-four percent of the sugarbeets are in good condition.
Alfalfa hay 2nd cutting is 76% finished, and 3rd cutting is 40% harvested.
The sweet onion harvest is proceeding smoothly, and there are also good yields for watermelons and zucchini but there are persistent problems with Cucurbit downy mildew in Michigan’s cucumber fields.
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