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Wet Weather Continues in Illinois, Could Delay Harvest

Published October 2, 2014 by Jim Angel

October is off to a wet start and the wet weather is expected to continue over the next 14 days for Illinois. This could have an impact on the already slow fall harvest season in Illinois. The USDA NASS report on Monday noted that 14% of the corn crop in Illinois was harvested, compared to […]

Dryness Across Northern and Central Illinois

Published August 19, 2014 by Jim Angel

After a wet start to the 2014 growing season, we have seen a significant drop in rainfall across parts of northern and central Illinois in the last few weeks. Here is the 30-day rainfall as a percent of average. Areas in the orange are 25 to 75 percent of average while the areas in red […]