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High Winds Cause Lodging in Michigan Corn Harvest
Michigan Ag Connection - 10/17/2017

There were 4.2 days suitable for fieldwork in Michigan during the week ending Sunday, according to Marlo Johnson, director of the Great Lakes Regional Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service. Widespread rains toward week's end hampered harvest and planting activities, but provided much needed soil moisture in some areas.

Corn for grain dry down continued at an acceptable rate and soybean harvest continued to progress at a nice pace until the weekend rains halted harvest progress. High winds reportedly caused lodging in some central and southern Michigan corn fields.

Dry bean harvest continued to progress ahead of last year's average and sugarbeet harvesting was delayed as producers waited for a cold spell to resume piling.

Winter wheat planting was wrapping up in many locations with 75 percent planted. Rain showers slowed seeding progress, but the additional moisture was helpful to newly seeded fields.

Other activities during the week included storing machinery, cutting wood, fall tillage, and performing equipment maintenance.

Recent rains provided some relief to dry orchards, but rainfall totals were still well behind normal. In many parts of the State, apple growers were picking Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Ida Red, Northern Spy and Rome. In the Northwest, growers were transitioning to later season varieties, while in the West Central region, growers were racing to complete harvest of remaining apples before they became too mature for long term storage. In the Southeast, growers noted that lighter than normal crops in most varieties allowed harvest to move quickly. In the Southwest, some Red Delicious and Golden Delicious remained to be picked for local sales and juice, while harvests of some Fuji and Braeburn were delayed to allow for better skin color; in general, early maturity allowed most main season varieties in the Southwest to be picked already, leaving only a few very late season varieties left to be picked.

In grapes, harvest has wrapped up in the Southwest while grape harvest continued in the Northwest. This will be the last fruit report for the 2017 growing season.


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