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Very few harvest disruptions in October for Tennessee farmers
Corn harvest is nearing completion in Tennessee, and soybean harvest remains well ahead of the average pace. David Nichols, who farms in the northwest part of the state, says October has been dry. “We have wrapped up the full season soybeans and have got started into double crop harvest on soybeans,” he says. “A lot of the corn’s gone now. Still, cotton being harvested, but a lot of progress being made harvested.”
Corn harvest is 94 percent complete, soybeans are 69 percent harvested, and cotton harvest is 53 percent complete.
He tells Brownfield yields have been variable. “Early planted crops, both corn and soybeans, yields were a little bit better than expected,” he says. “We did experience some damage; some of the soybeans that went through the tropical systems were mature and ready to go.”
The USDA says the uptick in drought conditions is putting some additional stress on cattle and livestock producers as ponds and streams are drying up. It also is unclear the full extent of the damage and potential impact to crop quality and forage stock that the hurricanes had to the region.
Pastures are rated just 17 percent good and 1 percent excellent.
Winter wheat is 42 percent planted and 20 percent emerged.
Topsoil moisture is 46 percent adequate, and subsoil moisture is 49 percent adequate.
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