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Minnesota Corn Harvest 12 Days Behind Average
Minnesota Ag Connection - 11/21/2017

Minnesota farmers took advantage of the 5.4 days suitable for fieldwork and harvested 11 percent of the state's corn acreage during the week ending Sunday, according to USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. While some farmers were putting away equipment for the season, others were harvesting, baling corn stalks, spreading fertilizer, and working on fall tillage.

Topsoil moisture supplies rated 0 percent very short, 3 percent short, 85 percent adequate and 12 percent surplus. Subsoil moisture supplies rated 1 percent very short, 6 percent short, 82 percent adequate and 11 percent surplus.

Corn for grain harvest, at 90 percent complete, remained 12 days behind the 5-year average. Moisture content of corn being harvested for grain averaged 18 percent. Sunflower harvest was 97 percent complete.

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