While statewide harvest pace is ahead of average, northern farmers are a bit behind expectations.
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Illinois Farm Bureau News
September 26, 2026
We received 0.4 inches of rain last week. Some nearby areas got over 3 inches of rain. That is making a slow start to harvest in this area. We did start with corn. The moisture was in the mid-20s and…
September 26, 2026
Unfortunately, we seem to be in a rainy spell. Last weekend we received over 4 inches of rain and there seems to be a chance of rain in the forecast many of the days this week. I believe there are…
September 26, 2026
Since last week’s report I’ve had 4.95 inches of rain. Some field flooding and roads were under water. Soybeans did not need this rain when they should be drying down. My September total is at 7.75 inches. There have been…
September 26, 2026
The rain events are consistent and prodigious. We weren’t looking for another 3-7 inches last week but that’s what landed in the gauges up here in the state line area. The creeks were out for a short time on the…
September 26, 2026
It rained every day for two weeks here in Stark County. There was very little corn picked over those two weeks. It finally stopped Sept. 22 and combines started rolling again Wednesday. The fields are muddy of course, so trucks…