Much of the State experienced dry conditions allowing producers to make good progress on fall harvest while fieldwork on the Lake Michigan shoreline halted following the first significant snowfall of the year, according to Marlo D. Johnson, director of the Great Lakes Regional Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service. There were 6.3 days suitable for fieldwork in Michigan during the week ending Sunday.
According to the latest U.S. Drought Monitor, Keweenaw County, and counties in the Eastern and South Central Lower Peninsula were reported as abnormally dry. The Thumb Region and a few counties in the Southeast continued to experience moderate drought.
Corn for grain harvest was winding down in the central and eastern regions of the State; moisture content at harvest was reported as 19 percent.
Soybean harvest neared completion throughout the State; moisture content of beans was reported as 13 percent, unchanged from the previous week.
Winter wheat planting wrapped up statewide; wheat emergence continued to progress ahead of its 5-year average Sugarbeet harvest slowed with the cool weather.
Other activities during the week included fall tillage, seeding rye, hauling manure, and prepping for winter.
Categories: Michigan, Harvesting