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Kentucky Gets Nearly Perfect Week for Fieldwork
Kentucky Ag Connection - 09/27/2016
Kentucky experienced well above normal temperatures and much below normal rainfall over the past week. Precipitation for the week totaled 0.01 inches, 0.83 inches below normal. Temperatures averaged 74 degrees for the week, 8 degrees above normal.
Topsoil moisture was rated 4 percent very short, 22 percent short, 68 percent adequate and 6 percent surplus. Subsoil moisture was rated 2 percent very short, 20 percent short, 72 percent adequate, and 6 percent surplus. Days suitable for fieldwork averaged
6.6 out of a possible seven.
Primary activities this week included harvesting corn, soybeans, hay, and tobacco. Most of the state remains dry, with few areas receiving any rainfall over the past week. Corn yield reports range from below average to good, with some grain quality problems
due to the excessive wet weather during the growing season. Producers reported early soybean yields as average or above-average.
Dry conditions continue to decrease pasture and hay growth, and have started to impact fall seeding. Tobacco houseburn was reported as 1 percent severe, 10 percent moderate, and 18 percent light, with 71 percent experiencing none.
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