United States Department of Agriculture
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Wisconsin Ag News – Crop Progress & Condition 		
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Cooperating with Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection	
November 29, 2022	Media Contact: Greg Bussler	

Wisconsin had 5.2 days suitable for fieldwork for the week ending November 27, 2022, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Above normal temperatures helped melt much of the state’s snow leaving some fields muddy and difficult to access. Fall tillage and corn harvest continued on fields that were dry enough or where the ground was still frozen.

Topsoil moisture condition rated 2 percent very short, 17 percent short, 76 percent adequate and 5 percent surplus.  Subsoil moisture condition rated 3 percent very short, 19 percent short, 75 percent adequate and 3 percent surplus.

Harvest of corn for grain was 87 percent complete, 12 days behind last year. Moisture content of corn harvested for grain was 18 percent.

Winter wheat condition was rated 83 percent good to excellent statewide, unchanged from last week.

Fall tillage was 83 percent complete, 6 days behind last year.

Crop Condition as of November 27, 2022	
Item	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent	
	(percent)	(percent)	(percent)	(percent)	(percent)	
Wheat, winter 		0	1	16	66	17	

Crop Progress as of November 27, 2022	
Item	Districts	State	
	NW	NC	NE	WC	C	EC	SW	SC	SE	This
week	Last
week	Last
year	5-year
avg	
	(percent)	(percent)	(percent)	(percent)	(percent)	(percent)	(percent)	(percent)	(percent)	(percent)	(percent)	(percent)	(percent)	
Corn harvested for grain 	
Fall tillage 		85
84	65
70	72
78	87
76	83
90	80
86	93
92	92
81	93
85	87
83	77
77	95
89	85
71	

Days Suitable for Fieldwork and Soil Moisture Condition as of November 27, 2022	
Item	Districts	State	
	NW	NC	NE	WC	C	EC	SW	SC	SE	This
week	Last
week	Last
year	
	(days)	(days)	(days)	(days)	(days)	(days)	(days)	(days)	(days)	(days)	(days)	(days)	
Days suitable 	
	5.8
	4.6
	4.7
	5.3
	4.9
	4.7
	6.2
	5.2
	5.1
	5.2
	3.5
	5.9
	
	(percent)	(percent)	(percent)	(percent)	(percent)	(percent)	(percent)	(percent)	(percent)	(percent)	(percent)	(percent)	
Topsoil moisture
    Very short 	
    Short 	
    Adequate 	
    Surplus 	

Subsoil moisture
    Very short 	
    Short 	
    Adequate 	
    Surplus 		
4
21
74
1

8
30
61
1	
0
7
90
3

0
8
92
0	
0
3
76
21

0
9
79
12	
5
32
63
0

5
35
60
0	
0
4
89
7

0
5
89
6	
1
2
82
15

1
2
90
7	
1
19
78
2

5
23
71
1	
3
27
67
3

4
28
67
1	
2
22
71
5

3
23
71
3	
2
17
76
5

3
19
75
3	
2
16
75
7

2
18
75
5	
6
20
71
3

8
20
70
2	

Weather Information: Week Ending November 27, 2022	
District
and State	Temperature	Precipitation	Growing Degree Days 1	
	Average	Departure
from Normal 2	Total	Departure
from Normal 2	Since April 1	Departure
from Normal 2	
Northwest 	
North Central 	
Northeast 	
West Central 	
Central 	
East Central 	
Southwest 	
South Central 	
Southeast 	

Wisconsin 		30.2
28.5
31.2
32.4
33.6
34.4
35.3
35.6
36.2

32.2	5.2
3.3
3.9
4.4
4.0
2.9
4.7
3.6
2.6

4.0	0.01
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.01
0.04

0.00	-0.40
-0.48
-0.52
-0.47
-0.52
-0.56
-0.55
-0.57
-0.59

-0.50	2,144
1,962
2,110
2,593
2,489
2,412
2,707
2,711
2,697

2,351	134
87
172
92
94
90
97
83
74

106	
	1	Base 50° F.
	2	Normal based on 1991-2020 data.