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Kentucky Harvest Progresses Despite Rain
Kentucky Ag Connection - 10/23/2018
Kentucky experienced below normal temperatures and above normal rainfall over the past week. Precipitation for the week totaled 1.06 inches, 0.36 inches above normal. Temperatures averaged 50 degrees for the week, 7 degrees below normal. Topsoil
moisture was rated 4 percent short, 81 percent adequate, and 15 percent surplus. Subsoil moisture was rated 1 percent very short, 6 percent short, 82 percent adequate, and 11 percent surplus. Days suitable for fieldwork averaged 4.3 out of a possible seven.
Primary activities for this week included harvesting corn and soybeans, stripping tobacco, and planting winter wheat. Cool temperatures and some scattered rain hindered fieldwork at times, however harvest continues to progress.
Pasture condition is mostly good at this time with cooler temperatures and light frost slowing growth. Soybeans and housed tobacco were both reported as in mostly good condition.
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