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USDA says Illinois harvest complete

The USDA says corn and soybean harvest is complete in Illinois.

Monroe County farmer Jeremy Neff says he wrapped up a few weeks ago.

“It was the quickest harvest I’ve ever seen.”  He says, “It was a longer harvest as far as not having days off, but harvest was smooth.”

He tells Brownfield…

“Our soybeans quite weren’t what we thought they were.”  He says, “They were more in the 50’s for us.  Our corn exceeded our APH there, so from what I’ve been hearing, that’s about what everyone else has seen as well down this way. But overall corn was a very good year.  Beans were about average for us.”

Winter wheat planting is complete with 89% emerged, and 75% in good to excellent condition. 

Twenty two percent of Illinois topsoil moistures were rated short or very short as of Sunday.