date:Sep 19, 2012
e (23% and 20%, respectively).
Though still in its early stages, soybean harvest is also ahead of the normal pace; as of Sunday, 10% of the U.S. bean crop is out of the field, up from 4% last week. Four percent is also the normal harvest pace for soybeans by this week.
Three years ago in 2009, the national corn harvest did not surpass 26% done until the second day of November! The Illinois corn harvest is more than one-third done, with over half of the harvest done in Kansas, Kentucky, and Mis