U.S. corn harvest nearing completion

Published: Dec. 1, 2008 at 5:40 PM
Corn harvest continues in Manteno, Illinois as commodity  prices rise sharply in futures markets

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- The U.S. corn harvest is completed in three states, but still trailing behind its historic average overall, the Department of Agriculture said.

Kentucky, North Carolina and Tennessee report corn harvests completed, but the 18 major corn states have reached 89 percent completion overall, lagging behind the crop's five-year average of 97 percent for harvest completion at this time of year, the weekly crop progress report said.

The nation's winter wheat crop shows 92 percent emergence, compared with a five-year average of 91 percent for this week of the year.

Conditions are good to excellent in 44 percent of the winter wheat cropland and poor to very poor in 19 percent. The remainder -- 37 percent -- is rated as fair.

The cotton crop is 73 percent completed against an historic completion average of 76 percent. Arkansas and Missouri report their cotton harvests are completed, the report said.

© 2008 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Order reprints



Additional News Stories
Century-old butter found in Antarctica (3 min)
Corn harvest tops 90 percent complete (7 min)
Salami, cheese made weapons in store fight (9 min)
Grain futures mostly higher Monday (13 min)
UPI NewsTrack Health and Science News (15 min)
UPI NewsTrack Sports (44 min)
UPI NewsTrack Quirks in the News (59 min)
fark
Let's see now, √((r²-l²)+(l+k)² - (√(r²-l²)-w)²)-l-... GOD DAMMIT, Get out of my parking...
Teacher cuts off a student's braid after she wouldn't stop playing with it in class. "I wasn't playing...
Legionnaire's invade hotel in Florida, killing 1 and injuring two others
Animal rescue organization asks that if you see a seagull looking "sad" in 2010, don't make an emergency...
Pair of shadey characters robbing optometry stores last seen driving away in a 20/10 Cataract. Police...
The nominees for Time's Person of the Year 2009 are Steve Jobs, Ben Bernanke, The Chinese Worker,...