USDA-NASS Nebraska Weather & Crops County Comments
Supplement to Nebraska Weather & Crops, Issue NE-CW4609
Comments provided by County FSA and Extension personnel. When reports cover more than one county, comments are repeated under each.
Survey Date: 11/15/2009
BOX BUTTE
Moisture beginning Thursday night with up to 6 inches of wet snow by Sunday morning. Bean harvest nearly done and a good start on corn but it remains wet. Sugar beets are nearly finished so the attention is on corn now.
CHEYENNE
Ear molds found in corn. Some progress on corn harvest this week. Proso millet harvest progressing slowly.
BANNER
Ear molds found in corn. Some progress on corn harvest this week. Proso millet harvest progressing slowly.
KIMBALL
Ear molds found in corn. Some progress on corn harvest this week. Proso millet harvest progressing slowly.
SIOUX
Snow has again fallen, giving a little more winter early in the season.
BOONE
Cattle were being moved to stalks. Harvesting corn, but still a little wet.
CEDAR
A good week of weather has the soybean harvest nearly completed and some corn has been harvested. Finding corn dry enough to harvest is still a problem with most corn still over 20% moisture.
DIXON
Most producers were able to complete soybean harvest with a start on the corn. Most of the reports are coming in that corn is still testing 19+ moisture making it difficult to manage. Some producers are putting it into farm storage with hopes of bring the moisture down with mostly air, other are hoping for more field drying time before they put the combines in the field. Cows are beginning to show up in stubble fields. Supplemental feeding has been an issue over the past two months for these folks.
KNOX
Corn harvest is very slow. There is still excess moisture. Propane cost per bushel is $.20 to $.30 per bushel. Warehouses are limited to the amount of corn they can handle at the moisture levels.
MADISON
Favorable weather conditions the past 10 days have resulted in a fury of harvest activity. Soybeans for the most part are in the bin with only scattered areas which had wet soils that would not allow entering the fields. Corn harvest is moving along, limited primarily by high moisture content and ability to dry the harvested corn before placing into storage. Local elevators limit hours accepting grain to allow for processing the crop received. Corn moisture has dropped considerably but remains high at 20% or more on most reports.
THURSTON
Low humidity, 60 degree days and no rain this past week allowed farmers to basically complete soybean harvest. Corn in the field is drying down to a manageable level where farmers can lower the moisture content economically with dryers and aeration fans. While still slow, corn harvest did proceed on selected fields this past week.
CUSTER
Good week of harvest progress for producers. Still fighting high moisture levels of 24+ on most farms for corn and trying to find a market for such high moisture corn.
BUTLER
Corn moisture level has been delaying corn harvest, as very few reports of corn in fields at 16 moisture or below have been received.
DOUGLAS
Great for week for harvest.
MERRICK
The moisture level of the corn is still quite high and our warehouses can only dry so much corn in a day causing very long lines at the local elevators. Some grain buyers are taking wet grain only until noon. Even farmers with drying facilities are struggling to get their wet corn dried and moved into storage which will allow them to harvest more wet corn. Harvest is very slow this year due to the high moisture content of the corn. Extremely high yields have been reported as well as some just average yields.
SAUNDERS
Fall anhydrous ammonia application has started.
YORK
Corn harvest went well this past week. Corn is still carrying excess moisture. Having trouble delivering grain to elevators as the dryers cannot keep up.
FURNAS
Conditions have been good for harvest. The problems are getting the crops to dry down in the fields and the elevators filling up with wet grain. The forecast of snow has everyone going full speed ahead on the last of the beans and milo.
NEMAHA
The excellent weather this past week has allowed farmers to complete soybean harvest and make good progress on the corn. Corn is also drying down nicely.