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Harvest results remain highly variable

• Gale, Washington County -- 10.4 bushels per acre
• Kent, Clay County -- corn yields range from 2 to 60 bushels/acre
• Jody, Henry County, reported a 175 average corn yield
• Halloran, Edgar County, reported corn yields ranging from 95-145 bushels per acre
• Shawn, Fayette County, reported a range of 1.5 to 110 bpa with worst yields on timber soils; better yield on river bottoms
• Mike, Menard County, up to 100 bushels per acre.  He said recent rains have increased stalk rot in fields.
• Chris, Champaign County, reported that 180 acres of corn averaged about 137 bushels/acre.

In their weekly update, the Illinois Ag Statistics Service on Monday reported that 21% of the state's corn is now harvested.  That's up 9 percentage points from last week and compares to the long-term average of 6% complete on this date.

One percent of soybeans are harvested statewide, which is on par with the average.  Twenty-one percent of soybeans are dropping leaves, which is slightly ahead of the 16% average for this date.

Seven percent of the sorghum crop is harvested, compared with the long-term average of 4% complete.