Post by Woody Williams on Dec 16, 2009 17:58:35 GMT -5
Indiana corn harvest reported 91 percent complete
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana's corn harvest was estimated to be 91 percent complete as of Dec. 6, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture's Indiana Field Office final crop report for 2009.
This time last year, corn harvest was finished, and the five-year average for corn harvest doesn't extend this far out in the year.
"The last time corn harvest was still going on this late was 1972," said Greg Matli, deputy state statistician for the Indiana Field Office of USDA's National Ag Statistics Service, located at Purdue University.
Corn acreage in the northern part of the state is 88 percent complete, compared with 91 percent complete in the central region and 97 percent in the south, according to the report.
Moisture content of harvested corn continues to average about 21 percent.
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana's corn harvest was estimated to be 91 percent complete as of Dec. 6, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture's Indiana Field Office final crop report for 2009.
This time last year, corn harvest was finished, and the five-year average for corn harvest doesn't extend this far out in the year.
"The last time corn harvest was still going on this late was 1972," said Greg Matli, deputy state statistician for the Indiana Field Office of USDA's National Ag Statistics Service, located at Purdue University.
Corn acreage in the northern part of the state is 88 percent complete, compared with 91 percent complete in the central region and 97 percent in the south, according to the report.
Moisture content of harvested corn continues to average about 21 percent.